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 dates of Lent vary each year due to its adherence to the liturgical calendar. In 2024, Lent will run from Feb. 14 to March 28. Good Friday is the following day. The religious event is meant to ...

Lent came early last year, but it is back to a bit more normal schedule for 2025. Here's a look when Fat Tuesday, Ash ...

During the season of Lent, we take a step back to consider God’s active presence in our lives no matter the struggles or challenges we face. Follow Campus Ministry on Instagram for some Lenten ...

which kicks off the 2024 Lenten season, 46 days before Easter Sunday. An important note: These observances apply to the Western Christian traditions and are based on the Gregorian calendar ...

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

the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week. In 2024 Lent begins on Wednesday 14 February and ends on Thursday 28 ...

Long ago, as the rhythm of the Christian calendar became focused around annual ... became a fixed practice across the Church. Called “Lent” after old English words for springtime, it became ...

Last year, Ash Wednesday 2024 fell on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in ... Church uses the Julian calendar, a solar calendar ...