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

A few weeks ago in a meeting with other district clergy, a question raised was, “Is Epiphany a day or a season?” Technically, the Sundays following Epiphany (Jan. 6) are called the Sundays after ...

Trinity's 2025 spring season of free and accessible concerts ... Francis Poulenc's choral masterpiece and hymn to freedom, a work that resonates as a universal cry for justice and hope.

Robert Dobratz wrote the following devotion for a Lenten devotional booklet that was written by members of Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. His devotion appeared on March 1, 2008: ”Though the ...

CHARITY: Touchdown For Hope, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Great American Ball Park, Bally Sports Club, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown.

Green is a sign of life in nature and as such it represents growth, life and hope. It symbolizes the graces that draw people into the life of God. The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the Solemnity of ...

was much more than its title suggests, with evocations of carnival and sturdy hymn tunes jostling the brass fanfares ... undercut by new poems from Michael Morpurgo, read before each season by Stephen ...

Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night ... March 4 Shrove Tuesday – Christian Christian Carnival Day on the eve of Ash Wednesday which begins Lent, a time of fasting and ...

Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes every year.

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...

There are two main ways that Catholics use to focus on growing closer to God during the Lenten season: abstinence and fasting. Abstinence is the act of “doing without” or avoiding something.