All Saints Orthodox Church in Olyphant will sell Homemade Lenten Food on March 20, offering cabbage and noodles (haluski), frozen pierogies, butter and onion pierogies, and Manhattan clam chowder.

It's a 40-day period of fasting from meat, dairy and more beginning on Clean Monday.

The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...

The countdown toward Easter, the "Feast of Feasts," begins on February 23, 2026, with the dawn of Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) ...

While western Christianity is already halfway through the Lenten season, Eastern Orthodox Christians will begin the celebration of Great Lent at sunset Sunday. The Eastern Orthodox church usually ...

When Father Tom was alive, I used to tease him about Lent, which are the 40 days before Easter. When I was a kid in Milwaukee ...

Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter are coming up soon. Here's everything to know ahead of the major holy days in 2026.

The start of Great Lent inspires spiritual renewal, acts of restraint, and family gatherings across Orthodox communities worldwide ...

Lent has begun and many Christians have entered a 40-day period of fasting and abstinence. Here's what you can and can't eat ...