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

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 ...

Paczki Day does not fall on the same day every year because it is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, which moves in relation to ...

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

I've enjoyed having our own mini Mardi Gras celebration at home over the years. I was raised in Mexico in a Catholic family, ...

Pancake Day is on Tuesday, March 4 in 2025. The day changes every year, according to when Lent falls, although Pancake Day always falls in February or March. Ash Wednesday always follows Shrove ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Every Carnival in Tenosique, Tabasco, wooden men, priestesses and jaguars ritually overcome an evil god in the dance of El Pochó.

The Louisiana city's final celebration takes place March 4 on Fat Tuesday ... but the tradition of marking one's forehead with ashes is rooted in the ancient Hebrew custom of "clothing oneself in ...

King cake — a colorful brioche cake with a good luck plastic baby inside — is eaten around Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras but can ...

6 and will close with a grand, final celebration on March 4, better known as Fat Tuesday. Originating from French traditions, the annual carnival celebration that began in Louisiana during the ...