Mardi Gras season is bookended by two days on the Christian calendar. The season starts on Euphony, which marks the end of ...

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

Roman Catholic, Episcopal and many other liturgical churches hold services today that include the rubbing of ashes on the forehead, a sign of repentance for sins. Lent is a season of 40 days, not ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Fat Tuesday, which in Chicago and the suburbs means it's Paczki Day! Lots of people are lined up bright and early on this Fat Tuesday to grab their delicious Polish doughnuts at ...

Mardi Gras spans weeks, ending with Lent. Despite windy conditions, KATC captured the spirit of the King Gabriel Parade in ...

Musicians and Mardi Gras marchers have made their way through 18th & Vine, the Crossroads, and the Westside neighborhood for ...

It’s all in honor of Fat Tuesday, which is held the day before Ash Wednesday in preparation of Lent. Groovy Donuts in East Lansing was one of many donut shops preparing orders of paczkis for the ...

An area church invited the public to splurge for Mardi Gras before Lent. St. Mark’s served up breakfast items such as ...

It falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is celebrated as a final day of feasting before the solemnity of Lent. Paczki (meaning "little packages" in Polish) are a popular treat on Fat Tuesday, also ...

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Northeast Philly residents lined up for their yearly "Fat Tuesday" tradition at Haegele's bakery. This small business is well-known for selling ...