Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in New York? Farmers Almanac, NWS, AccuWeather predict ...

Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5 this year, and begin Lent. Lent will run from March 5 to April 17 in 2025, ending the day before Good Friday. Easter will be celebrated on April 20 this year. In ...

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 ...

This year, the spring equinox falls on Thursday, March 20. Easter is Sunday, April 20. That's 69 days from Monday, Feb. 10. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions ...

This means that Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent also change. Here's what to know about Easter 2025, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and when lent starts ...

The name “Lent” is from the Middle English “Lencten,” meaning spring, and the time is dedicated to personal reflection and preparation for Easter. One of the main components of Lent is ...

Prior to Easter, many Christians and Catholics will observe Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends the day before Good Friday. Here's what to know about ...

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar that honors the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion on the cross, per BBC.

In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period of spiritual reflection before Easter. Lent runs through April 17, 2025. Palm Sunday, the first day of the Holy Week which ...