Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

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In the Orthodox calendar there are special memorial days - Parents' Saturdays. One of them precedes Shrovetide and Great Lent ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

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 ...

The festival has been a staple in town since 1955, providing the community with a chance to connect with the church and, of course, enjoy some delicious Greek favorites.

This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March ... and its related holidays also depend on if you’re Eastern Orthodox or not. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, a ...

If you're wondering why the Easter date changes every year and how it's determined, the answer is tied to the moon and the spring equinox.

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar ... days of abstinence. Children 14 and older are ...

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.

Lent is observed by churches that follow a liturgical calendar with special services and holidays celebrated every year on particular days. It is also observed by Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and some ...