After six Fridays of not eating meat, Christians observing Lent are nearly at the finish line. The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday. The period ...

Easter Sunday is this weekend, but when is Lent really over? Here's what you need to know. Lent starts the Easter season on Ash Wednesday, but it actually ends before Easter Day. This year ...

Good Friday is intended to be a day of fasting for Catholics, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, ...

If you've been "fasting" from unhealthy habits for Lent, you're in luck: Thursday is the last day of Lent. The weeks-long spring tradition of Lent is celebrated by millions of Christians around ...

The Lenten Season ends on Holy Thursday, known by some denominations as Maundy Thursday, as explained by learnreligions.com, followed by Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Lent's 40-day season ends on ...

Easter is upon us and with that comes the conclusion of lent (for those of us who had the resilience and willpower to ...

Lent. According to the Oxford Dictionary, Lent is the “period preceding Easter that in the Christian Church is devoted to fasting, abstinence and penitence in commemoration of Christ’s fasting ...

It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of Lent. Perhaps you’re feeling like you’ve missed the opportunity to make this season meaningful, or maybe you feel like the days have ...

It's also the day Lent ends. Here's what to know about the final day of Lent — also known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday — and what it means. The Lenten period is when Catholic observers ...