Ash Wednesday - the start of Easter Lent season for Christians - falls on Valentine's Day in 2024. What does it mean? Why ...

Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent. These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the ...

Our reflection for the first Sunday of Lent considers the imagery of the shifting season and the role of nature within Lent. It is inspired by Mark 1:9-15. Receive upcoming reflections direct to your ...

Themes: the Christian festival of Lent; Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; making a sacrifice. Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter.

Mormons, Evangelicals, and Pentecostal Christians typically don't observe Ash Wednesday or Lent. Ash Wednesday is also the first day of Lent. What churches in Reno are having Ash Wednesday services?

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in ... year and falls on the first Sunday of the first ...