Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the related religious ...

Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

This is just the beginning of the 46 days until Easter Sunday. As the holy days fall on a different date each year, here are ...

Many Christian churches, or denominations, are in the season of Lent. But what is Lent anyway? Many of us are familiar with the “season” of Christmas, which is also a name of a season of the ...

BY REV. MARK TEWES A person who just began attending our church asked me the other day, “What is ‘Lent’ and why does it take six weeks?” It is a great question for those who are not ...

Lent, a shortened form of the Old English word Lenten meaning “spring season”, lasts 40 days of (Sundays are generally excluded during the period). Depending on the denomination, the end date ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and is a day of penitence, meaning that many Christians will spend it praying for forgiveness for their sins and fasting. The ashes are symbolic of death and ...

Carnival season means Fat Tuesday is coming soon. Here's when it is, what it means and when Ash Wednesday brings the start of ...

It always occurs the day before Ash Wednesday. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian traditions, begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Maundy Thursday, April 17 ...