The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

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.

Easter, Ash Wednesday which marks the start of Lenten season, Palm Sunday and Good Friday are all religious occasions which take place March through April. With each of these occasions shifting in ...