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

Beginning March 4, many Americans will find themselves busy with Easter season and its holidays. Here are the key dates to ...

Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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If you want to have a fruitful, holy Lenten season, I highly recommend you do not: 1. Attempt absurd penances. Not all ...

Catholics are instructed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, a practice called abstinence. "Meat" is defined ...

Before Easter arrives, many Christians of different denominations across Houston will participate in around 40 days of Lent – ...

Wooster Square's Italian immigrants embraced the spirit of Lent by drawing on familiar practices, writes columnist.

Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday that always follows Mardi Gras. As you'll have read in our article on this feast, Mardi Gras ...

We're almost through the first eight weeks of the new year, and now our sights are turning to the spring months with Pancake Tuesday just around the corner, followed by Lent.

On Fridays in March and April, St. Michael's Orthodox Church in Binghamton will be serving pirohis and other traditional ...