Rain was considered a good sign — the peasants believed it was accompanied by baskets full of mushrooms. On the Great Wednesday before Easter, April 16, 2025, women choose eggs — the people believe ...

On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church recalls Jesus’ messianic entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. As Jesus rode into the city on a small donkey, the Jews ...

It runs six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of ... It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season.

If that full moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is the following Sunday. Lent ends on Thursday, April 17. In the Christian church, Lent is a period of spiritual reflection before Easter.

He explained that the differentiation between Saturday and Sunday can sometimes be confusing in the church. He said that Easter technically begins at sundown on the Saturday before Easter Sunday.