Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the ...

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 ...

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent. Here's when Lent begins ...

Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday ... minister during church services. Ashes are a symbol of penance. Not every Christian religion observes Ash Wednesday or Lent.

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 ...

WHAT is the point of a Lent ... Whole Easter Story by Jo Swinney, who is director of communications for A Rocha International. Her work with A Rocha provides the inspiration for this volume. The ...

OVERBURDENED clergy should not allow Lent groups to squat toadlike on their souls, bringing only dread in expectation of the increased workload in the weeks before Easter. The groups ... Unless your ...