Ash Wednesday lands on Feb. 18, 2026. Lent is the 40-day period (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. Lent begins on ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...

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

Here's what date Easter 2026 will fall on, when the Easter season begins and ends, and why the date of Easter Sunday moves ...

The Carnival season, which includes Mardi Gras, began on Jan. 6, also known as the Twelfth Night or Epiphany, and ends the ...

Carnival has begun, marking the start of the Easter season. Here’s when Easter, Lent, Mardi Gras and related holidays fall in ...

The packed season of parades, celebrations and king cakes will last just six weeks. Here’s what to know in 2026.

Mardi Gras brings parades, beads, king cake and a friendly debate over where it all began. Here’s what to know about the ...

The colloquial term Paczki Day is used for Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras. The unofficial Midwest holiday doesn't fall on the same day every year because it is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, which takes place ...

On Jan. 6, Asheville Mardi Gras, a nonprofit organization, hosted a party at Wicked Weed Funkatorium that included the ceremonial dethroning of the 2025 royals, King Tom Marshall and Queen Jill ...

But what days of the week do the major holidays fall on this year? Here are some dates to know. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January, which is Jan. 19 this ...

Harcourt Fire Brigade member John Jenkin spent the day of the Ravenswood South inferno trying to save his own home and his ...