The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

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

Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday (called Clean Monday), but Ash Wednesday is not observed. Can Catholics eat meat on Ash Wednesday? Adult Catholics are expected to fast on Ash ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar ... period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day ... In preparation for Passover on Monday night, the Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood burned all Chametz (unleaven bread products) they had ...