Lent starts Wednesday, March 5, and runs through April 17, 2025. In the Christian church, Lent is a period of spiritual ...

Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter ...

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

This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins before sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and ends after nightfall on Sunday, April 20. The eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover commemorates the ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting ... bread that was a staple for Israelites on their journey out of Egypt.

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.

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 and when Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent ...

"The ashes is just sort of a ritual symbolic way to say 'I'm beginning this journey ... the beginning of Lent, which is "a period of preparation to be able to celebrate" Easter, Johnston said.

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to ...