Ash Wednesday is tomorrow and the Lenten season is about to start. The religious holiday is a significant part of the Christian faith despite undergoing multiple changes throughout the years, as a ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together as parishes, schools and families. The Stations of the Cross are explained ...

It's Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lent and fish Friday traditions. Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a priest, ...

CANTON − Lent, the 40-day period in Christianity leading up to Easter, is the one tradition that the world's more than 45,000 Christian denominations have in common. The practice of Lent, which begins ...

With so many fun Easter traditions—like decorating Easter eggs, munching on jelly beans from your Easter basket and gathering with family on the big day—it’s easy to see why Easter is such a popular ...

Mardi Gras is a weeks-long celebration that leads up to, and culminates on, Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, also referred to as Shrove Tuesday, falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. Fat Tuesday is often ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter. Christians around the ...

Easter Sunday is less than two weeks away. So when does Lent end? What date is Good Friday? And why is Easter so late this year? Here's what we know about Easter, Lent's end, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, ...

Lent is well underway, and millions of Christians around the world are observing. The weeks-long spring tradition is practiced in honor of Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. What are the ...