This year's Lent is drawing to a close, with just over a week left. See the remaining days and why Christians observe the ...

Over two thousand years, the church has developed some excellent traditions to help us benefit from this time. Here are the top four.

In a few days, Christians will begin practicing the 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, known as Lent. The period is held each spring as a preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ ...

Only 10 days are left until the end of Lent, an annual 40-day Christian period leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

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 ...

Lent traditionally lasts 40 days in the Western Christian calendar, not including Sundays. However, the total period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days, because Sundays are not counted ...

We’ll look at Lent as a time to walk with God and explore 5 ways to use the labyrinth with Scripture and prayer to guide our 40 days of preparation for Easter. What if we could journey through the ...

An alternative show of sacrifice and devotion is to sacrifice certain favorite foods, nettlesome habits or pleasurable activities during Lent. That means 40 days without chocolate, or wine.

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is ...

Themes: the Christian festival of Lent; Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; making a sacrifice. Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter.