Lent 2025: when does it start and why do Christians observe it? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

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.

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 ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

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

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.

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 ...