On March 30 and on the Fourth Sunday of Holy Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Father John Climacus. He is called Climacus due to his authorship of the great spiritual work The ...

Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, often involving something significant in your daily life ...

TASS/. Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world begin observing Great Lent on Monday, February 27, in preparation for Easter, the most sacred and holy day of the Orthodox ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

But in many Protestant and Western Orthodox churches, Lent ends on Holy Saturday, which is March 30 this year. Symbolically, ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.