What is Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday? Lent used to be less than 40 days. What to know
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 beginning of Lent will be on Wednesday, March 5. Lent will end on Holy Thursday, April 17. Good Friday will be the next day, on Friday, April 18.
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Before Easter arrives, many Christians of different denominations across Houston will participate in around 40 days of Lent – ...
Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians. Lent will start on Ash Wednesday, March 5. It ends on ...
Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical season of Lent for many Christian faiths. Catholics celebrate the day by attending Mass and receiving ashes on their ...
During some Ash Wednesday services, a pastor will rub the sign of the cross with ashes onto the foreheads of worshipers. The ...
Lent, a period of prayer and fasting, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday. Many Christians observe Lent by giving up something they enjoy, such as sweets or alcohol. Ash Wednesday ...
Ontario United Methodist Church pastor George Lee and District Superintendent Nestor Nazario, West Plains District, both to ...
One of America's biggest cultural celebrations, Mardi Gras, will take place soon, just before the start of the Easter season.
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