Traditionally, clergy burn palm from the previous year’s Palm Sunday service, creating ash for a church ... to repent. Lent, a shortened form of the Old English word Lenten meaning “spring ...

Catholics and other churches are beginning Lent period on Wednesday ... preserve the solemnity of the day as required by the Catholic Church. Dos: One is expected to fast and pray, emphasize ...

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week. In 2024 Lent begins on Wednesday 14 February and ends on Thursday 28 March. Lent is an old English word meaning 'lengthen'.

That legend says that a monk in Northern Italy invented the first pretzels, calling them "pretiola," meaning ... Sunday of Lent. The fourth Sunday of Lent is known in the Catholic Church as ...