When is Easter this year? The rule behind the date

If you're wondering why the Easter date changes every year and how it's determined, the answer is tied to the moon and the ...

When is 2026 Easter Sunday date? Is Easter Day early? Dates for Lent end, Palm Sunday, Good Friday

What is Easter 2026? What is the Easter Sunday date this year? When does Lent end? What we know on Palm Sunday, Maundy ...

What is Mardi Gras 2026 date? Is Fat Tuesday today? When is Easter, Lent, Holy Week schedule

When is Mardi Gras 2026? Is today Fat Tuesday? What is the meaning and why do we celebrate? Here's what we know from king cakes to Holy Week schedule ...

What does Ash Wednesday mean? Christian holy day is first day of Lent

It's Ash Wednesday, marking the start of the Easter season for Christians. So what does Ash Wednesday mean? Here's what to know.

What date is Easter 2026? How it's celebrated with church, candy, eggs

When is Easter 2026? Why do we celebrate and paint eggs for the holiday?

It's Ash Wednesday, beginning of Lent 2026. When is Easter Sunday?

Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. Here's when it ends, when Easter will fall in 2026 and why it overlaps with ...

When is Easter 2026? Lent, Good Friday and other key dates

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 5.