via NationalDayCalendar: Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lenten season for Christians. It takes place 46 days before Easter and the day after Shrove Tuesday. Ash Wednesday services focus on the death and repentance the ashes represent. In many churches, the ashes are made from the palms branches that are burned from the previous Palm […]
via NationalDayCalendar: Ash Wednesday signals the beginning of Lenten season for Christians. It takes place 46 days before Easter and the day after Shrove Tuesday. Ash Wednesday services focus on the death and repentance the ashes represent. In many churches, the ashes are made from the palms branches that are burned from the previous Palm […]
getty images: If you’re wondering what that smudge is on lots of people’s foreheads, well, it’s Ash Wednesday. Today marks the beginning of the Lenten Season, which commemorates Jesus’ 40-day fasting and temptation in the wilderness, before beginning his public ministry, several years before He was crucified. On this day, some Christians mark their foreheads […]
So what is Lent exactly? Lent simply commemorates Jesus’ 40-day fasting and temptation in the wilderness, before beginning his public ministry, several years before He was crucified. It technically ends Thursday, March 24th, but culminates on Easter Sunday, which is March 27th this year. During this 40-day preparation for Resurrection Sunday, Believers use it as […]
Ash Wednesday, 2016 is Wednesday February 10th, and that means that Fish Fry season begins in Northeast Ohio! Why is it Fish Fry “season”? Many Christian churches abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, which is why some people think of this time of year as “fish fry season.” Churches and organizations host Lenten seafood lunches and […]
Millions of Christians worldwide will usher in the 40-day season of Lent by imposing the sign of the cross on their foreheads with ash on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, which falls 46 days before Easter – 40 if not counting Sundays – marks the beginning of a season of reflection and penitence for Christians of the […]
