That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Lent begins each year on Ash Wednesday ... 82 percent of Catholics who regularly attend service as well as 30 percent of Protestants.” Eastern Orthodox Christians also celebrate Lent but on a slightly ...

All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

There is a Christian tradition of giving something up during Lent − often something that is not good for you, such as eating too much chocolate or binge-watching television. Several years ago ...

Like Ash Wednesday, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The 40 day prayer and fasting period ends on Thursday, April 17, also known as Holy Thursday.

Storms are something that we can expect to hear more of as climate change begins to bite. But they have always stuck in the memory of those who experienced them — and not just as weather events.

King cake and indulgent treats are plentiful in the days before the somber Christian period of Lent arrives. If you can't make the trek down to Louisiana to share in the celebration there ...

This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch…. Today is Ash Wednesday - the start of Lent, a time of fasting and soul searching for hundreds of millions of Christians around the world. The word Lent derives ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two state lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that they’ve nicknamed the Conception Begins at Erection Act. It would make it a felony for a man to have ...