For example, someone may abstain ... those ages 18 - 59 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (Canon 97). On such days, those fasting may eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals ...

Ash Wednesday is this week, kicking off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation to honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday ...

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, ashes were spread across people’s foreheads, and the person spreading the ashes said, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This phrase and the ...

The survey suggests that Orthodox churchgoers are the most observant in fasting for Lent: 85 per cent of the respondents ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Catholics will receive ashes ... Catholics fast to remember the 40 days and nights that Jesus spent in the desert fasting.

However some people, including children and the elderly, are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Ash Wednesday kicks off the Christian tradition of Lent.

The day that begins the Lenten season is called Ash ... Wednesday. One might be called a tradition of indulgence. Christians would eat more than usual, either as a final binge before a season of ...

On March 5, marking the beginning of Lent, an Ash Wednesday Mass was celebrated at the White House for the staff of the presidential residence. A new signal sent to Catholics by U.S. President Donald ...

This year, though, they coincide, with Christian fasting taking place at the same ... fast for Lent by abstaining from eating meat on Ash Wednesday, which falls 40 days before Easter, and Fridays ...

However, the total period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days, because Sundays are not counted in the fasting observance. New converts to Christianity will thus naturally ask themselves ...

As Lent begins, many are using this time for prayer, fasting, and reflection ... including here on the Central Coast are celebrating Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent, leading up to ...