Ash Wednesday is officially here and the start of the Lenten season is underway. The religious holiday is a significant part of the Christian faith despite undergoing multiple changes throughout the ...

Christians around the world observe Lent to varying degrees, but none with more zeal than the Eastern Orthodox, the vast branch of Christendom that split from the western Roman Catholic church a ...

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The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...

While western Christianity is already halfway through the Lenten season, Eastern Orthodox Christians will begin the celebration of Great Lent at sunset Sunday. The Eastern Orthodox church usually ...

There will be no Lenten fish fry guides for the Orthodox Christians of Western Pennsylvania. Monday marked the beginning of Great Lent for Orthodox Christians — an especially austere time when it ...

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Despite some basic similarities, Great Lent is more demanding than the Lent practiced by many other Christians, Orthodox leaders say. Moreover, the Orthodox faithful fast not only through Lent, but ...