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When is Lent over? The Lenten season — which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter — starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday every year.

Lent ends this week! Here's the origin of Lent, why Easter 2025 falls late this year and what Holy Week is.

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Know the dates for the end of Lent, Holy Week and Easter Sunday in 2025. Why does Easter start late this year?

MILTON — It’s now a few weeks into the Lenten season and Valley churches have been busy not just in prayer and reflection, but also in the kitchen.

On Friday, hundreds of Binghamton residents descended on St. Michael's Orthodox Church to enjoy pirohis, haluski and other traditional Lenten dishes.

On Friday, hundreds of Binghamton residents descended on St. Michael's Orthodox Church to enjoy pirohis, haluski and other traditional Lenten dishes.