Lent, Easter and Ash Wednesday

When is Easter 2025? Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and other key dates
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 20.
When is Lent, Mardi Gras and Easter? In 2025 the dates are later
Beginning March 4, many Americans will find themselves busy with Easter season and its holidays. Here are the key dates to remember, and what they mean
When is Lent 2025? When is Ash Wednesday? What happens during the Christian event?
Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of Easter. Here's what to know.
Lent and Ash Wednesday: dates 2025, meaning and history of these traditions
Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday that always follows Mardi Gras. As you'll have read in our article on this feast, Mardi Gras is a day of excess: a time for feasting and garnishing the table before entering a "lean" period . So, with this Wednesday marking the first day of Lent, believers must eliminate all meats and fancy dishes from their meals.
What is Ash Wednesday and when is it? Why do Christians wear ashes and give things up for Lent?
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.
Why is Easter so late in 2025? Here's the dates for Easter, Lent, and Ash Wednesday
Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20.
What is Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday? Lent used to be less than 40 days. What to know
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 beginning of Lent will be on Wednesday, March 5. Lent will end on Holy Thursday, April 17. Good Friday will be the next day, on Friday, April 18.
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5 Things You Should Not Do During Lent
If you want to have a fruitful, holy Lenten season, I highly recommend you do not: 1. Attempt absurd penances. Not all ...
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Lent, pirohis and community: How one Binghamton Church honors its Eastern European roots
On Fridays in March and April, St. Michael's Orthodox Church in Binghamton will be serving pirohis and other traditional ...
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Long John Silver’s offers new Coconut Butterfly Shrimp for Lent 2024
US-based quick-service restaurant chain Long John Silver's is offering shrimp specials including coconut butterfly shrimp for ...
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Good Viewing: Ready Your Heart for Lent
EWTN Father Marcus Holden of the Diocese of Southwark, England, and art historian Teresa Lane visit the National Gallery in ...
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Here are 4 blessings people can receive during Lent, says California pastor
One California pastor said that while Lent can be considered a time of "bright sadness," it can also be the source of many ...
'Lent the prestige of her office': Judge charged with advancing 'private interest' and using judicial power to ridicule people, complaint says
A Superior Court judge in Georgia is accused of using "the prestige of her office to advance the private interest" of herself ...
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Dermot O'Leary supports CAFOD's Big Lent Walk
Dermot’s excited about the Big Lent Walk and so are we! It’s a chance for all of us to get together and tell global poverty ...
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30 Delicious Fish Recipes for Lent
In this dish, a sweet sauce gives the fish and green beans some down-home barbecue tang. Even our kids love it. —Aliesha ...