With the new year well underway and Easter approaching, Christians tighten their belts and deliberate over what they will give up for Lent. Lent or Great Lent (or Great Fast) is a forty-day ...

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Lent is the six and a half week period leading up to Easter Sunday. It is always referred to as the 40 days of Lent but the actual length is 46 days – however, 40 of these are fasting days and six are ...

Fasting during Lent has a much deeper meaning than simply giving up dessert or snacks, an evangelist told Fox News Digital. "When we fast, we're practicing an ancient discipline designed by God to ...

Valentine's Day is Wednesday, but for Christians will have another reason to celebrate as Ash Wednesday is also Feb. 14 in 2024. The religious holiday kicks off the Lenten season for Christians and ...

Though most people know the religious meaning behind Easter, the days leading up to the spring holiday are important days for faithful Christians will honor the Biblical story of Jesus Christ. Holy ...

Lent is a 40 day Christian season (not counting Sundays) that begins on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday February 22 and finishes on Thursday April 5. The season is marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, ...

Millions of Christians are preparing to celebrate Lent - a time of year that many non-believers may associate with fasting or abstinence. But there is a lot more to the religious observance than ...

Lent began on Ash Wednesday, but do people still give things up for a few weeks, or has the season lost its significance? The Rt Rev John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, told BBC Radio York what ...

Lent is a yearly time of reflection, repentance and fasting before the celebration of Easter. Christians remember how their saviour Jesus Christ resisted temptation from the devil while crossing the ...