If we renounce these things, then is our fasting true and acceptable. The words of this hymn, sung at Vespers on the first day of Great Lent, challenge us to take a deeper look, not only into the very ...

Ashes are a symbol of penance. Not every Christian religion observes Ash Wednesday or Lent. It is most strongly associated with Catholicism, but some Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians ...

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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 which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...