With Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent behind us, Easter Sunday is right around the corner – preceded by another Christian ...

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday fall on: Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Ash Wednesday is on March 5 in 2025. Christians commonly celebrate Ash ...

Easter, Ash Wednesday which marks the start of Lenten season, Palm Sunday and Good Friday are all religious occasions which take place March through April. With each of these occasions shifting in ...

Editor’s Note: The article first published in 2020 by The Conversation. For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which may be accompanied by the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...