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

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 ...

Easter 2025 will be celebrated on Sunday, April 20, marking one of the most significant Christian holidays. The date is ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, according to Catholic ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in ...

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.

Christian charity Stewardship is relaunching its 40acts campaign for Lent, the generosity challenge that inspired over ...

Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5 this year, and begin Lent. Lent will run from March 5 to April 17 in 2025, ending the day before Good Friday. Easter will be celebrated on April 20 this year. In ...