Uncover the ancient roots of Syrian Christian Christmas in Kerala. Learn about the 25-day fast, the Duck Roast feast, and the moving Blessing of Fire ritual at midnight mass.

The Great Lent is one of the four fasting seasons of the Orthodox Church. The Great Lent is considered abstaining from something one cherishes to eat, like the traditional Ketfo (a bowl of finely ...

MANILA: For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on Fridays (hence the popularity of fish among Filipinos), or temporarily giving ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very concrete spiritual preparation for the Holy Week and Easter Services.

Music brings people together, it wakes them up and calms them down, it can be a source of great comfort and solidarity This is the time of year for several special services. First Communions, ...

The broad range of content includes worship and reflections across Network TV and Radio, with bespoke programming on BBC Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and across Local Radio Gareth Malone's ...

As we journey through Lent—a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and culminates at sundown on Holy Thursday , we are invited to reflect deeply on our ...

The water has lost its chill: Lent has come. Japanese take to haiku as naturally as Canadians take to hockey; 1,000,000 Japanese habitually spend their leisure hours composing the 17-syllable poemlets ...

The Lenten season is known for many themes, one of which is repentance. Christians who celebrate Lent make a concerted effort to confess their sins to the Lord and to repent from them. Repentance ...

National Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Dublin THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT - 09.15 EUCHARIST said in the Lady Chapel. 11.15 CHORAL EUCHARIST- sung by the Lay Vicars Choral - Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua, ...

3. 'The Glory of These Forty Days' St. Gregory the Great, the Medieval-era pope, is credited with having written the hymn “The Glory of These Forty Days,” which was later translated to English in 1906 ...