The purpose of Lent is to prepare Christians for Easter, by praying and focusing on Scriptures related to the "good news" of ...

In the UK, we might mark the Easter weekend and the end of Lent with a hot cross bun or two Or perhaps we'll have fish on Good Friday, with a hunt for eggs in the back garden a couple of days later.

For the second year running, Christians all over the world will have uneventful Easter celebrations. At the onset of the Covid-19 in the year 2020, the Easter holiday was the first among major ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which ...

Millions of Christians are preparing to celebrate Lent - a time of year that many non-believers may associate with fasting or abstinence. But there is a lot more to the religious observance than ...

ASH WEDNESDAY, START OF LENT: WE MUST ‘TURN TO GOD ... and the spiritual preparation for the celebration of Easter. The rituals and traditions associated with Ash Wednesday contribute to ...

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important ... There are many traditions associated with it, such as the elaborate colourful masks ...