What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season, and is 6.5 weeks before Easter Sunday. According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer.

During Lent and Easter, the Jewish roots of the Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation—come especially visible to me.

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

Forgiveness Sunday” was celebrated in March at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Lent. Traditionally, ...

But the Oriental Churches do not skip Sundays when the length for Lent is calculated, the priest said. "Traditionally, Lent in Eastern Churches begins on the seventh Monday before Easter. It is a ...

News about Easter and Holy Week, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

THE school community at St Joseph’s Primary School in Slate Street has come together in an inspiring show of generosity and ...

The Warsaw Fire Department will host its annual 4th of July Carnival slated for July 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Warsaw Village Park on ...

That’s the magic that keeps people driving for hours to spend a day hunting through these aisles – not just the bargain ...