The timing of Lent varies from year to year and is tied to the spring equinox. Here are 2025's key dates, including Easter.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

To help Catholics live this special liturgical time and deepen their knowledge of the faith, here are answers to the most ...

The Catholic Church helps Catholics journey through Lent, the 40-day period of preparation for Easter, with guidance on fasting and abstinence.

The 40-day period of Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. See the 2025 dates, and why and how Christians observe the religious holidays.

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Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent, a period of prayer, fasting, and giving, ends on April 17, 2025. Easter Sunday is on April 20, 2025. Ash Wednesday is officially here and ...

Thus, in today’s Gospel passage, Jesus promises that, when he is no longer in the flesh, his disciples will prepare ...

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

Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025, marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, a period of fasting, prayer, and repentance ...

In Christianity, Lent is a religious period of self-sacrifice where people give up something they enjoy- such as sweets, ...