The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...

Everyone knows the Easter Bunny, but how much do you really know about the famous rabbit that became the symbol for ...

Costume designer Molly Emma Rowe told IndieWire about keeping Bridget's skirts, finding perfect jeans for Leo Woodall, ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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 ...

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

The day it falls on changes every year and depends on which day Easter is that year. Originally called Shrove Tuesday, the ...

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 ...

Easter season is on its way, beginning with the Mardi Gras celebration, followed by Ash Wednesday, Lent, and finally Easter.

Lent will run from March 5 to April 17 in 2025, ending the day before Good Friday. Easter will be celebrated on April 20 this year. In March, Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — celebrations will ...

No, Easter is not a federal holiday. There are 12 federal holidays in 2025, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Like Ash Wednesday, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.