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

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 ...

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

This Lent season, Christian charity Stewardship is relaunching its generosity challenge, 40acts, in partnership with Gospel ...

At Olde Tyme Grocery in Lafayette, their celebrated fried crawfish po’boys are sold exclusively on Fridays during Lent.

Lent (a season of spiritual renewal) came early this year. Tony Campolo tells a parable of a boring, little town that decided to hold a footrace. One man fell to his knees, crying, ‘I have crossed the ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, a solar calendar that was used by the Roman Empire ... the date of Easter can vary.” The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of ...

marked the day bakeries would use up all their rich, decadent ingredients ahead of the fasting of Lent. Here's everything to know about the holiday. Mardi Gras season began Jan. 6, the Epiphany ...

The exhibit is a response to the beloved saint’s call for greater understanding of and devotion to the shroud — the burial ...

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than ... This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March, almost a full month later.

For many Christians, the six weeks of Lent — leading up to Easter — are a time of prayer and reflection. Believers also often refrain from eating meat from cows, pigs or chickens during this season.