Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ...

Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes every year.

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...

The way we calculate the date was set by the Church long ago at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 to keep it in line with the Jewish Passover and the Bible's timeline of Jesus' resurrection. On Ash ...

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, also known as Fat Tuesday and Pancake Day ... Ælfric of Eynsham's "Ecclesiastical Institutes" from about 1000 AD declared: "In the week immediately ...

NBC Universal, Inc. A windblown dust and ash advisory was extended into Wednesday night due to high winds and the wildfires in Los Angeles County. The advisory was extended through 7 p.m ...

The ash could include harmful lead ... which was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Baalousha added that scientists ...