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.

While many denominations would agree with these words, there are differences in the way Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants observe Lent. The Catholic Church universally believes in three pillars ...

Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday (called Clean Monday), but Ash Wednesday is not observed. Can Catholics eat meat on Ash ...

Eastern Orthodox Christians also celebrate Lent but on a slightly different schedule ... Eastern churches call this period the 'Great Lent'.” Photo Credit: ©iStock/Getty Images Plus/FREDERICA ABAN ...

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Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly ... “prospectively” on Holy Thursday and his burial on Friday.

Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ...

The time of Lent, through fasting and abstaining, may be an important reminder of what it means to suffer. This small suffering should not be met with misery but with great joy as we better ...

For when you seek Me, you will find Me" (Jeremiah 28:13-14)... healing your heart’s strife. Great Lent is a pregnancy (mourning menses gone), body spilling nausea with awe for a growing Unknown. As ...

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