Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

With a Catholic clergy Lenten dance trend, a callout by pastor and Sen. Raphael Warnock and a prominent place in sermons by ...

In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

This year’s Lenten talks for young people, which are due to be organised by the MSSP Oratory Youth from April 1 to 4, will explore the life of St Peter, delving into his defining moments of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- During the Lenten season, churches and organizations across the country fire up their fryers and shower the community in fried fish. Fridays are days of sacrifice in Lent ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for ...

Ashes are placed on the forehead in the form of a cross during the Ash Wednesday celebration that opens the Lenten season. Here, on February 14, 2024 at Saint Mary's Church in Paris, France.

St. Colman of Cloyne in Washington Court House has made a tradition of presenting a special treatment of the service for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, one of two Sundays in the liturgical year designated ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — During the Lenten season, many churches and organizations in the Youngstown area are cooking and selling fish every Friday up until Easter, which is Sunday, April 20 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

What is Mardi Gras season all about and what’s it like to experience it? Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent starts. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and that date floats ...