Maundy Thursday begins the final stretch to Easter. See what the day commemorates and how it fits into Holy Week in 2026.

Lent starts next week with Ash Wednesday, as a significant part of the Christian faith is about to begin. Here is what we know about the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, as well as upcoming dates for ...

Fasting during Lent has a much deeper meaning than simply giving up dessert or snacks, an evangelist told Fox News Digital. "When we fast, we're practicing an ancient discipline designed by God to ...

Is today Good Friday, and is Good Friday 2026 a federal holiday? When is Easter this year? What we know on Good Friday, ...

Valentine's Day is Wednesday, but for Christians will have another reason to celebrate as Ash Wednesday is also Feb. 14 in 2024. The religious holiday kicks off the Lenten season for Christians and ...

Every year, when Lent begins, the same question comes back and intrigues a lot of people: why don’t we eat meat during Lent? Is it just a religious rule, or is there something deeper going on: history ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed by Christians. The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year, Ash ...

Lent is an annual 40-day period of prayer and fasting for Catholics and Christians, that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday 2025 is today, Wednesday, ...

This humble early bloomer brings beauty, symbolism, and generations of family tradition to our Easter table.

During Lent, many Catholics abstain from eating red meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays. This practice is a spiritual act of sacrifice, penance, and self-control, not a dietary rule. Abstaining from ...

Lent is meant to be a season of fasting and prayer to prepare Christians for Easter, according to local pastors. According to a brief history of Lent, the tradition is believed to have begun in the ...