VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

It’s Just Going Underground Letting the calendar reorder life. ‘I must admit, that in contemporary seasons, Lent has a way of coming and going,” National Review founder William F.

Ash Wednesday and when lent starts this year. This year, Easter Sunday is observed on Sunday, April 20. Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, observing the day Jesus Christ ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Lent is the religious period of fasting and ... The dates of the Jewish holiday of Passover are also based on a lunar calendar and shift year to year, sometimes overlapping with Easter.

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent ...

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar that honors the life, death and ...