Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...

E ven if you know what Easter is all about, you might not know when it is. After all, while Christmas reliably falls on Dec.

Good Friday is celebrated on the Friday before Easter and marks the day Jesus was crucified and died. This year, it is observed on April 18, 2025. Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full ...

Also known as the Day of Ashes ... remembrance of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. Christians show repentance and mourning for their sins because they believe Christ died for them.

Good Friday is an important day of the year because it celebrates what we believe to be the most momentous weekend in the history of the world,” Christianity.com says. “Ever since Jesus died ...

Ash Wednesday marked the first day of Lent, which will last for six weeks up until Easter at the end of April. Here's when Easter and other related dates take place in 2025, as well as what they mean.

According to Christian teachings, Jesus was crucified, died and was buried, and on the third day — Easter Sunday — he rose from the dead. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in ...

Easter Sunday runs later than normal this year, but time moves so quickly that the time for hiding eggs and filling baskets is really just around the corner So when does Lent start and end?

Lori Vallow, the Idaho "doomsday mom" convicted of killing two of her children in 2019, said she believes she will be freed ...

It’s not every day when people walk around expressing their faith and acknowledging sinfulness on their foreheads, but that’s ...