Lent: meaning, forty days and traditions across Europe
What Lent means, why it lasts forty days and how Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox practices differ across Europe and in Verges.
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Dijous Gras: Catalonia’s Fat Thursday tradition
Dijous Gras is Catalonia’s Fat Thursday: a Carnival food tradition before Lent and part of the calendar that leads to the Verges Procession.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus: origin, meaning and date
What the Sacred Heart of Jesus means, when it is celebrated and how a devotion shaped in France spread through Catholic Europe.
Sacred Heart of Jesus: origin, meaning and date Read more...The Paschal Cycle: A Spiritual Guide
The Paschal Cycle, a period rich in spiritual depth and liturgical significance, marks one of the most important segments of the Christian calendar. From Palm Sunday, which opens the doors …
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