Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras. When is Fat ...

This seafood is sure making no meat Fridays easier. “Everything on the menu is Lent-friendly,” Bennett said. Owners say they are currently finishing up their plans for a food truck ...

Stylist’s Katie O’Malley is a self-confessed burger lover, but she’s decided to become a ‘flexitarian’ for Lent ... to eat meat and fish on the weekends. This means no cheat days ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

USA Today adds that during Lent, Catholics and Christians will give up something they enjoy or something they feel like they should stop. Many Catholics also abstain from eating meat on Fridays ...

Molly Pavleck asked junior high students at St. Thomas School to write what Lent means to them – the following is what some of them had to say: “Lent means that Jesus is coming soon and we ...

There are many foods that some Christians do not eat in Lent, such as meat and fish ... them with somebody else if you want to. There are no right or wrong answers so remember to be respectful ...

Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday falls on changes year to year and with it the dates of Ash Wednesday, Lent and associated ... to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during ...

Children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, which is ... is learning how to say no to ourselves while saying ...