Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though it is still the middle of winter in New England, with February getting closer, it is only a little over a month from Ash ...

Easter Sunday will be celebrated in the first week of April in 2026. The date for Easter changes annually because it is based on the lunar calendar. Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to ...