St. Frances Cabrini Church ended the Christmas season on Sunday with an Epiphany mass and the Burning of the Greens, and transitioned into the Mardi Gras season. The Epiphany is traditionally ...

Mardi Gras 2025: When is Fat Tuesday ... Carnival marks a festive season that begins on Jan. 6 and is called "Twelfth Night," also known as the Epiphany, and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras celebrations feature parades that kick off as early as January, while the largest parades happen on Fat Tuesday, according to Webber from Grambling State. ... also known as Epiphany.

King cake is said to have originated in Old World France and Spain and came to be associated with Epiphany during the Middle ...

In religious sectors, Epiphany, Three Kings Day or Día de Reyes is celebrated on Jan. 6 and marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Mardi Gras.

Parades on Mardi Gras day have been canceled in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and altered in New Orleans due to the dangers posed by extreme winds that could reach 60 mph in the area on Fat Tuesday ...

Mardi Gras is over in New Orleans and we'll have to wait until February 2026 for another chance to celebrate. Astronomy and religion determine when Fat Tuesday will take place every year.

And with those words, Mardi Gras is officially underway in Alexandria. A Burning of the Greens was held after the Epiphany mass at St. Frances Cabrini Church. After Christmas, parishioners ...