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 ...

A: We’re fortunate to have many beautiful and deeply moving prayer practices during Lent: Stations of the Cross on Fridays; and the foot-washing and Veneration of the Cross ceremonies during the ...

Ashes made from palms and the colour purple are both highly symbolic during Lent You might have heard ... we will return to the dust from which we came. The cross shape is itself significant.

Library Feasts of the Church Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha The Sundays of Great Lent Learn: Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross The commemoration and ceremonies of the Third Sunday of Lent ...