Lent 2025: when does it start and why do Christians observe it? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on March 5 this year. The observance marks the start of ...

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

If we renounce these things, then is our fasting true and acceptable. The words of this hymn, sung at Vespers on the first day of Great Lent, challenge us to take a deeper look, not only into the very ...

With his reserved manner and technical skills, he lent the group a gravitas that ... Hudson played a selection of songs on organ that included Anglican hymns and Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” ...