During Lent, both their families adopt a vegetarian diet. Yesudas and Antony also forswear alcohol. However, while Yesudas observes Lent for 40 days, Antony observes it for 10 days more. The reason is ...

Great players offer hope and make us believe in sporting miracles. For a large part of his Test career, Virat Kohli was all this and much more. Having called time on his association with cricket ...

The 40 days of Lent is almost over and Easter is coming soon. Here's when Lent 2025 officially ends, plus a look at Easter dates in the future.

Maundy Thursday marks the end of Lent, but it holds deeper meaning that that even. Here's everything to know about the holiday and what it means.

After six Fridays of not eating meat, Christians observing Lent are nearly at the finish line. The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday.

Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection observed by many Christians in preparation for Easter. This represents the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert ...

Lent always occurs at this time of year. Ramadan rotates around the calendar. This year, they coincide, with Christian fasting taking place at the same time as Muslim fasting.

Moses, Elijah, and Christ form a template of a 40-day fast.” Father Bruno said fasting facilitates “an encounter with the Lord and penance.” “The idea,” he added, “is that we follow him in the desert ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this festival before Easter?

The essence of Lent lies in reflection, penance, and self-denial. Many Christians choose to fast or abstain from certain luxuries to emulate Jesus’s 40-day fast in the desert.

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians fast and begin penance by giving up something for Lent. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last day of indulgence allowed before the period of fasting and penitence.

During Lent, we are invited to consider the wooden beam in our own eyes. This counsel is especially wise if we, as a church, are going to help our society overcome the intense polarization that ...