Library Feasts of the Church Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha The Sundays of Great ... On each side of the Patriarch are deacons holding candles. The elevated Cross is surrounded and venerated by ...

These scenes from the Way of the Cross have provided inspiration for many of the world's greatest works of visual art. During Lent or Holy Week most parishes have a service of Stations at least once.

the cross measures 5.4 inches by 3.7 inches and was made by Garrard, the British court jewelers, in the early 20th century.

A huge wooden cross has been suspended from York Minster's Central Tower, to mark the start of Lent. The cross which is 19ft (6m) tall and 10ft (3m) wide, has been made from wooden scaffold boards ...

Mk. 8:34–9:1 “The Cross is the beauty of the Church”. May these words be our confession of faith, the heart of our Great Lent. May God grant that we would come to know this grace-filled mystery. We ...

Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday, and Lent 2024 falls on Feb. 14. On this February holiday, you will notice many people walking around with ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead, a mark ...

We may not have another minute. So let us use this minute which the Lord gives us: "Thy Cross, O Lord, we venerate and Thy Holy Resurrection we glorify." Third Sunday of Lent: Veneration of the Holy ...

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 ... For you freely willed in the flesh to ascend the cross, to rescue from slavery to the enemy ...

WASHINGTON — Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle with packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods. The 3-wick candle was called “Snowed In” and briefly ...

There’s one baked product that floods the shops at Easter time, and that’s the hot cross bun ... Many congregations have a Paschal or Easter candle – a large, white candle which is blessed ...

BUENOS AIRES — Three people were charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One ...