Many Christians observe Lent, particularly those in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, and some Protestant traditions. It begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, the ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent is a period of prayer, fasting, and giving for Christians. Ashes represent death and repentance, reminding Christians of human mortality.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

Many Christians observe Lent by giving up something they enjoy, such as sweets or alcohol. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is marked by receiving ashes on the forehead as a symbol of repentance.

Lent has been celebrated by Christians all over the world for thousands of years. The 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory, set the first official period of Lent in 601 AD, ...

Christians around the world and in Michigan will begin the season of Lent this week, kicking off the period of time leading up to Easter on Ash Wednesday, March 5.

As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...

CANTON − Lent, the 40-day period in Christianity leading up to Easter, is the one tradition that the world's more than 45,000 Christian denominations have in common. The practice of Lent, which ...

Lent always starts on Ash Wednesday, a day of reflection and repentance that falls on March 5 this year. Advertisement The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before ...

Lent always occurs at this time of year. Ramadan rotates around the calendar. This year, they coincide, with Christian fasting taking place at the same time as Muslim fasting.

Christians in the Coptic Orthodox Church prepare for Lent by feasting. For ten days before the Great Lent begins, we consume the food from which we’ll soon abstain.