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

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every ...

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.

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.

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.

and the 40 days in which Moses fasted on Mount Sinai, or Elijah on Mount Horeb.” Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the church, like adultery or ...