Mardi Gras happens every year. It's the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday starts Lent for Christians. Lent is when people give things up. Mardi Gras is a big party before that.

GREENFIELD — “No Wonder They Crucified Him” is a theme of a special series starting Ash Wednesday and concluding on Easter Sunday at Curry’s Chapel Church.

Lent begins March 5, and different denominations of Christianity have varied traditions for the 40 days leading to observance ...

We have come in the Christian year to the season of Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on March 5.

In mid-March this year, Jews and many Christians alike will be celebrating Purim, the events in Jewish history where Queen ...

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Mardi Gras—also known as “Fat Tuesday”—is a time of lively parades, colorful beads, and festive music. But beyond the party atmosphere, this celebration has deep roots in history and faith.

This Ash Wednesday many Christians will have a black cross smudged on their foreheads. A historian of Christianity explains ...

Ashes in the Bible serve as symbolic physical reminders of our short earthly lifespan compared to the heavenly eternity of ...

The man with the bowl of ashes asked, "What do you want from Lent?" But maybe the real question is, "What does Lent want from ...

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church will host a drive-through imposition of ashes in observance of Ash Wednesday on March 5 from noon to 2 p.m.