Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ... in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a final celebration on March 4 with a Fat ...

Lent 2025 starts on “Ash Wednesday,” which is March 5th. he date of Lent changes every year because it follows the church calendar, which is based on the moon's lunar cycle. Easter Sunday, which ...

Traditional Lent groups start the week after Ash Wednesday, and take place in the evening. This may be best for your ...

the leader of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church has said, “Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to ...

The name “Lent” is from the Middle English “Lencten,” meaning spring, and the time is dedicated to personal reflection and preparation for Easter. One of the main components of Lent is ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

WHAT is the point of a Lent book? I suppose there ... We return to BRF for The Whole Easter Story by Jo Swinney, who is director of communications for A Rocha International. Her work with A Rocha ...

It also marks the beginning of the countdown toward Easter, as people that practice the religion will also be observing Lent leading up ... t all that regular in church participation — some ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain ... Fasting is the act of doing with less. In the Catholic Church, those ages 18 - 59 must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday ...