Discover 2025's dates for Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter and Passover. Here's when all three happen and where you can find ...

Lent is a sacred time in the liturgical calendar, a season set aside for intentional spiritual growth. With its emphasis on prayer, almsgiving, and fasting, Lent invites Catholics to adopt practices ...

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

York Minster has today announced its programme of services, events and activities to mark Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2025.

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

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 ...

Let’s broaden the question; what is being communicated by the use of this religious symbol on the back of a car on the freeway? Is this a good “Christian” person? Are they courteous on the ...

Ashes are a symbol of penance. Marking the first day of the Lenten ... fatty foods ahead of the long Christian season of Lent which is marked with fasting and abstinence. Mardi Gras is also called ...

Scroll through this page of poetry on the theme of Lent, or click on a title below to jump to that ... round my way With little space for sunbeam-room. Yet Christian sadness is divine, Even as thy ...

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year. In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period ...

Easter is a significant day on the Christian calendar. Billions of Christians look forward to Easter Sunday each year, and that anticipation is amplified by Lent. Lent is a 40-day period preceding ...

It may appear odd, but it is a mark people that practice Christianity receive at Mass ... that practice the religion will also be observing Lent leading up to the holiday that celebrates the ...