During Lent, both their families adopt a vegetarian diet. Yesudas and Antony also forswear alcohol. However, while Yesudas observes Lent for 40 days, Antony observes it for 10 days more. The reason is ...

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The 40 days of Lent is almost over and Easter is coming soon. Here's when Lent 2025 officially ends, plus a look at Easter dates in the future.

Maundy Thursday marks the end of Lent, but it holds deeper meaning that that even. Here's everything to know about the holiday and what it means.

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.

Lent is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection observed by many Christians in preparation for Easter. This represents the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert ...

Lent always occurs at this time of year. Ramadan rotates around the calendar. This year, they coincide, with Christian fasting taking place at the same time as Muslim fasting.

The essence of Lent lies in reflection, penance, and self-denial. Many Christians choose to fast or abstain from certain luxuries to emulate Jesus’s 40-day fast in the desert.

With each passing Lent, the tradition of eating fish on Fridays serves as a reminder of both the spiritual significance and the culinary joy that comes with honoring centuries-old customs.

In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last day of Lent is Holy Saturday, which falls on April 19, 2025.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

Some religions are stricter than others on what you can eat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent. For the most part, people 14 years old or older must abstain from meat (beef, chicken and pork).