For party animals, few holidays match the joy (and mayhem) of Mardi Gras. If you count yourself among them, you know that the vibrant New Orleans tradition takes place on Fat Tuesday—that’s March 4 ...

Another Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us, marking the beginning of another Lent. The pace and predictability of the liturgical year—like the academic year ...

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.

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.

Here are a few of the more common meanings of the color purple, according to Morris and Leno. Leno says purple embodies a ...

Instead of intermittent shades of gray skies, white and coal-black soil, I’m dreaming of purple ... symbol but a celebration of the birth of Christ and the coming season of Lent.

Ashes are a symbol of penance. Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ...

If you are wondering when Lent is, don't worry there is still a month before the religious event. In 2024, Lent and Easter came early. The start of the 2024 Lenten season, Ash Wednesday ...

Prior to Easter, many Christians and Catholics will observe Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends the day before Good Friday. Here's what to know about ...

This year, the spring equinox falls on Thursday, March 20. Easter is Sunday, April 20. Lent, a 40-day-period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ...