Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter ...

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians. Lent will start on Ash Wednesday, March 5. It ends on ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025. Lent will extend for 46 days, concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025. While considered the most ...

This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March, almost a full month later. Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are, their origins and why the dates they ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...