Lent 2025: when does it start and why do Christians observe it? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in New York? Farmers Almanac, NWS, AccuWeather predict ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

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

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting ... It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season.

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.

This year, the spring equinox falls on Thursday, March 20. Easter is Sunday, April 20. That's 69 days from Monday, Feb. 10. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions ...

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

Here are the key dates for this year's Easter season. More: When is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent? What to know this Carnival season Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full ...