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 ...

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 ...

Here are the key dates for this year's Easter season. More: When is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent? What to know this Carnival season Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full ...

In EWTN’s On Demand section, you will be able to “scrub” through the video to find the picture that interests you, listen to the commentary and then freeze the frame so you can contemplate the ...

There were even special rejoicings made on St. Martin's feast, just as we see them practiced now at the approach of Lent and Easter. The obligation of observing this Lent, which, though introduced ...

Lent is a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" comes from the word ...

We pray for everyone who is sick, bereaved or dealing with loss; and for all who support them. May God grant each of them peace and comfort, courage and perseverance. Lord, in your mercy... We pray ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter ...

On a frigid January afternoon, students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard College stepped ...