Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday take place this week, marking the start of Lent. Here are the dates for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Why exactly is this day celebrated? We'll go over the history of Ash Wednesday in the Christian church, answer whether or not ...

Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice ...

The last day of Mardi Gras is here. Parades line the streets of New Orleans as people celebrate Fat Tuesday before Ash ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent, but what's this Catholic tradition all about and is it still observed in ...

Roman Catholic, Episcopal and many other liturgical churches hold services today that include the rubbing of ashes on the forehead, a sign of repentance for sins. Lent is a season of 40 days, not ...

See photos of celebrities who've been in Mardi Gras parades through the years, including Shaquille O'Neal, Katy Perry, Harry ...

A Polish pre-lenten season treat has returned to a business on upper Peach Street. Fuhrman’s bakers at Luminary Distillery ...

For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of preparation called Lent and a season of celebration called Easter. The day that begins ...

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The Lenten season will kick off with five Ash Wednesday masses at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and continue with ...