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Mardi Gras is this week! How to celebrate and what to eat before you start your Lenten journey.

FORT-DE-FRANCE, MARTINIQUE, February 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Martinique’s renowned Carnival will take place ...

ASHES TO GO: Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2825 Paris Road in Chalmette, will offer drive-thru or walk-up services for people to receive ashes and Communion on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. www ...

An Ash Wednesday service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at First United Methodist Church, 533 N. Grant Ave., Loveland. Enter into the Lenten season at this reflective ecumenical service, which will ...

It’s not called Fat Tuesday for nothing. Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is coming up next week. The day highlights indulgence in rich foods and lots of drinks and parties before the austerity ...

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 observed by a variety of Christians around the world. The first day of the Lent season, a forty-day period of self-examination and penance before Easter is observed by Lutherans, ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, will be on Feb. 17, 2026. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting that begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 5 ...

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 indicate they ...