Category: Seasons & Feast Days

Easter is the most important liturgical season in Christendom as it celebrates resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion.  It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent .  In Western Christianity, Eastertide, or the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday …

Did you know that the word “Lent” which is the name of the liturgical season which began on Ash Wednesday and extends for forty days  (excluding Sundays) to Holy Saturday comes from an Old English word meaning “spring” – the time of the lengthening of days? Lent is a penitential …