Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

In Christianity, Lent is a religious period of self-sacrifice where people give up something they enjoy- such as sweets, chocolate or alcohol- for 40 days in the lead-up to Easter Sunday, which will ...

Lent is a yearly time of reflection ... food or alcohol and dedicate more of their time to self reflection and bible study. If you've ever found yourself asking questions about why we have ...

He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. Lent is a period of 40 days and nights of preparation for Easter. Catholics may celebrate the season in three main ways.

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a period of reflection ... the celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, according to Bible Study Tools. The ashes pressed onto people’s foreheads ...

Antioch Baptist Church 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfw baptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First ...

Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron, who is retiring, celebrated his last Ash ...