Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, is the end of pre-Lenten season and is always celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. This year it will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 4. Ash ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 20.

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Easter is a few months away, but several other religious holidays, like Ash Wednesday, are coming up. Here's when Fat Tuesday ...

This resembles the Christian practice of ordering lections historically at the eucharist (Old Testament before New Testament), as well as theologically (the Gospel being always the final eucharistic ...

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This year, the spring equinox is March 20, and the first full moon following it is on April 12, making Easter April 20. 46 ...

Today is the Second Sunday of Epiphany. What does that tell us ... We need to notice the this then that of the story, the before and after of it. They are polar opposites. But they belong to the same ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip ... strength and fortitude to stand with dignity before God and the state," one military priest ...

Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday. He was 92. Robbins' death was announced ...

It's often seen as the final burst of excitement before Lent begins, setting the stage for the solemn preparations leading to Easter Sunday. Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing holes in icy ponds and riversView on euronews ...