Tomorrow we will celebrate the fifth Sunday of Lent. Lent was established by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD with emphasis on ...

Lent is nearly halfway over, and millions are eagerly awaiting Easter Sunday. Here are the meanings behind the days and why ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...

In addition to not eating meat on Fridays during Lent, many observers also choose to give up something for 40 days. This kind of fasting during Lent represents the fasting Jesus did while in the ...

Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...

Millions around the world continue to observe the 40-day period of Lent. Here's why some don't eat chicken on Fridays.

Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition before Easter. According to the United States Conference of Catholic ...

Matthew 4:1-2 reads, “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.” ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...

Easter is approaching. And with it comes several Christian holidays to observe. What to know about Good Friday, Maundy ...