Lent came early last year, but it is back to a bit more normal schedule for 2025. Here's a look when Fat Tuesday, Ash ...

TASS/. Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world begin observing Great Lent on Monday, February 27, in preparation for Easter, the most sacred and holy day of the Orthodox ...

Today, the first day of Orthodox Lent, we start preparing for our journey through Dante’s Purgatorio, which commences on Ash Wednesday, the start of Western Lent. As I’ve been saying ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church goes on Monday into the Great Lent - the strictest and the longest of four many day-long fasts. It will continue for seven weeks together ...

The first week of Great Lent is a time of special prayer and strict abstinence. During the first four days—from Monday to Thursday—the Great Canon of Repentance of St. Andrew of Crete is read in ...