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 ...

FASTING DURING LENT - Here is a guide on how to fast on a Good Friday if you wish to practice abstinence on your food in-take ...

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 ...

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

At this time, Lent lasted 46 days consisting of 40 days of fasting where only one meal ... Minneapolis shared on its website. During Ash Wednesday, ashes are placed on a worshiper's forehead ...

Our Ash Wednesday reflection, inspired by Matthew 6: 16-21 ... And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting ...

At this time, Lent lasted 46 days consisting of 40 days of fasting where only ... This year, Lent began on Wednesday, March 5. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. Lent ends on Thursday ...

At this time, Lent lasted 46 days consisting of 40 days of fasting ... the ash cross smudged on worshipers' forehead mean? Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday ...

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

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 ...