On Ash Wednesday, worshipers are also supposed to fast, allowing themselves to have one meal during the day. Children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat.

As spring moves into sight, the Christian Easter season is getting closer, and that starts with Ash Wednesday. However, this year's Easter season starts much later than usual. While Ash Wednesday ...

Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ...

Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes every year.

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...

Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the months-long celebration actually leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often seen as the final burst of excitement before Lent ...

It always occurs the day before Ash Wednesday. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian traditions, begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Maundy Thursday, April 17 ...

Wildfire smoke causes particularly dangerous air quality, especially for sensitive groups that include children and ... a "windblown dust and ash advisory" through Wednesday evening.

In 2024, Lent and Easter came early. The start of the 2024 Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, actually fell on Valentine's Day Feb. 14, which is considerably early for the Christian religious holy day.