Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday (called Clean Monday), but Ash Wednesday is not observed. Can Catholics eat meat on Ash ...

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

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

This date marks the start of the period called Sarakosti, signifying 40 days of Great Lent, leading up to the Greek Orthodox Easter on April 20. Interestingly, this year the Orthodox Easter will be ...

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday ... in the way Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants observe Lent. The Catholic Church universally believes in three pillars that support a holy Lent: prayer, fasting, and ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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

This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March ... and its related holidays also depend on if you’re Eastern Orthodox or not. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar ...