Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which ...

Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer...The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person's forehead." The source further explains ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday ... the person should consider devoting the spare time to prayer or perhaps his family. As always, when ...

Anambra governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has reaffirmed her position on love as the most valid form of communication for humanity’s collective prosperity. Mrs Soludo who made this known in a ...

The celebration of Valentine’s Day typically calls for some delicious cocktails, a high-end meal, and some sweet desserts, ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Catholics will receive ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross. The ashes are made from the palms from the previous Palm Sunday and they are a public sign of faith ...