Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

Lent always occurs at this time of year. Ramadan rotates around the calendar. This year, they coincide, with Christian ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...

Lent, the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter, is a time for Christians to reflect on their sinfulness and make sacrifices of fasting and charity to atone in anticipation of celebrating Christ’s ...

The Christian season of Lent is well underway, after beginning last month. Christians worldwide should have become comfortable with the sacrifices they have chosen to observe during this period.

In Pakistan, the Christian minority observes Lent according to its own traditions. This year, its concurrence with Ramadan ...

Lent is nearly halfway over, and millions are eagerly awaiting Easter Sunday. Here are the meanings behind the days and why ...

When does Lent start and finish? Lent precedes Easter, which usually falls on a different Sunday in the eastern and western Christian calendars. Most years eastern and western Lent do not coincide, ...

Millions around the world continue to observe the 40-day period of Lent. Here's why some don't eat chicken on Fridays.

CANTON − Lent, the 40-day period in Christianity leading up to Easter, is the one tradition that the world's more than 45,000 Christian denominations have in common. The practice of Lent ...