Ash Wednesday is the start of the six-week period of Lent, an important time of the year for Christians that leads up to ...

and the 40 days in which Moses fasted on Mount Sinai, or Elijah on Mount Horeb.” According to Vatican News, Ash Wednesday’s origins are different from why people observe the day now.

The Golden Calf While Moshe was absent up on Mount Sinai, the people feared he was dead and turned to Aaron and demanded that ...

At Mount Sinai, God gave Moses a set of ten laws that they should follow in order to please him. Moses carved these laws on tablets of stone. God told Moses that if these rules were not followed ...

and the 40 days in which Moses fasted on Mount Sinai, or Elijah on Mount Horeb.” According to Vatican News, Ash Wednesday’s origins are different from why people observe the day now.