The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

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

This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent ... up to Easter also fall later in the year. The date of Easter and its related holidays also depend on if you’re Eastern Orthodox or not.