Why Mardi Gras is celebrated, when Fat Tuesday 2026 takes place and more.

Find out when Lent, Ash Wednesday, and other Holy Week dates are, why Easter's date changes, and if schools are off for spring break.

Winters are going to end up and spring is waiting ahead. Millions of Christians from all over the world are waiting for Lent 2026.  It is an important season ...

Lent is traditionally observed as a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians before Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, in ...

When does Lent 2026 begin? What day is Ash Wednesday? When is Easter this year? What we know on why Christians do Lent and ...

Next Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, the end of Marti Gras. Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. It’s the 40 days of preparation before Easter. I know, it feels like we just took down our ...

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday will start Lent 2026 season next week. Here's when, what dates to know for Mardi Gras, Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter ...

Lent is a 40-day season that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends at sunset on Holy Thursday the week before Easter, although ...

Lent, a season of penance that includes prayer, fasting and almsgiving, begins with Ash Wednesday—a holy day of prayer and ...

Ash Wednesday can take place anywhere from Feb. 4 through March 10, and this year, it falls on the earlier side.

I try, on the next day and the next, to imagine I still have ashes on me, that I am constantly being called to live up to the beliefs I claim to hold.

Christians from all over the world will soon celebrate the start of Lent, a 40-day period leading up to Easter. Here's what ...