Lent, a solemn season in the Christian liturgical calendar, is often perceived as a time for individual repentance and prayer ...

Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

For me, Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter, is about periodic self-examination, reflection, and a deep look at life ...

When I was a church pastor, we would collect money during Lent for the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

For those observing Lent, the consumption of chicken on Fridays is typically avoided because it is categorized as flesh meat. According to traditional practices, believers refrain from eating flesh ...

Hopefully when this article is published, March will be heading out like a lamb, or so the old saying goes. We will usher in April with its showers and then May with its flowers… ok, I’ll stop with ...

Yet, in both Christianity and Buddhism, the body of the founder emerged, centuries after their death, as the privileged focus ...

It may not be the quintessential church potluck experience, but where battered fish is concerned, this Mass Ave haunt knows ...

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