So while some people indulge in candy and chocolates or dinners with an array of meats others may be giving it up. Yes, this is the first day of Lent, a day where from now until Easter, people ...

Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent. These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter ...

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 ...

It begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. In the Christian faith, Lent is a time for reflection, repentance, and spiritual preparation for Easter ...

Last year, Ash Wednesday 2024 fell on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March ... 11 years before the first recorded Christian ...