His neighbor Babu Antony, also a Catholic, started two days earlier. During Lent, both their families adopt a vegetarian diet. Yesudas and Antony also forswear alcohol. However, while Yesudas observes ...

SINGAPORE - In a few weeks' time, five women and five men will be flying to a villa in Japan on a trip inspired by South Korean reality television series Single's Inferno. The participants will not ...

What if we skipped a whole year without having to go through Lent and only focused on the celebration of Easter, without undergoing the 40-day fast? This question and others might logically sound ...

What's the meaning behind the last days of Holy Week, and what dietary restrictions does Good Friday have? Here's what to know. Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection ...

After six Fridays of not eating meat, Christians observing Lent are nearly at the finish line. The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday. The period ...

The season of Lent was established by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD with emphasis on repentance, fasting, prayer and humility for 40 solemn days ... forgiveness, scripture reading and prayer.

PURE FLIX LIBRARY OF EASTER FILMS INCLUDES THE TWO THIEVES, JUST IN TIME, APOSTLE PETER, AND THE BLIND, along with special presentations such as THE MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE'S 'THE HISTORY OF EASTER ...

A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters ... organized the “Target Fast” that began Wednesday — the first day of Lent — along with other faith and civil rights leaders.

In addition to this, the timing of this 40-day boycott beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy Thursday, signifying the beginning and end of Lent, is no coincidence. "Lent is a sacred season ...