Lent | The European Conservative

During Lent, Fasts of Crescent and Cross Are Not the Same

Steven Tucker March 20, 2026

Religiously illiterate priests who want their flocks to start observing Islamic dietary restrictions, not Lent, are starved of common sense more than anything else.

Identitarian activists covering the Ramadan display with a banner reading "Blessed Lent" in Freiburg, Germany, on February 22, 2026

Identitarian Activists Cover Freiburg’s Ramadan Lights with “Blessed Lent” Banner

TEC News February 23, 2026

The federal spokesman for the Identitarian Movement stated “Islam does not belong to Germany.”

Reclaiming the Lenten Fast: A Sacred Return to Our True Identity in an Age of Emptiness

Max-Martin Skalenius February 22, 2026

To acknowledge Lent is to acknowledge the Christian foundation of Europe. It forces a confrontation with the history our modern institutions have spent decades trying to erase.

People take pictures with their mobile phones as for the first time in Germany, on March 10, 2024 in Frankfurt, a street is illuminated during the month of Ramadan.

The Islamization of Europe: Public Ramadan Displays Spark Political Backlash

Rebeka Kis February 18, 2026

Europe’s streets and schools showcase Islamic rituals, while millions of Christians observe Lent with little official recognition.

Lent and Baptism, More Than a Fad?

Hélène de Lauzun March 29, 2024

Candidates for baptism feel a deep and visceral need for civilisational coherence.

Dry January: A Secular Lent

Hélène de Lauzun January 6, 2024

Dry January joins the cohort of practices recommended by the progressive virtue leagues working relentlessly to establish a safe, green world as sad as a rainy day.

Discovering Guilt and Grace in the Flesh

Alex Taylor December 21, 2023

In Sonnez les Matines, humor most truly speaks of weighty matters.

Bach’s St. Mark’s Passion: A Reconstructed Gem

Jan Bentz April 7, 2023

“Whereas the Matthäus-Passion and Johannes-Passion are extremely well-known and have long and well-established performance traditions, the libretto of the Markus is largely unknown, even to Bach scholars.”

The Glory of the Cross

Fr. Benedict Kiely April 7, 2023

The transformative and hope-filled message of Good Friday is that our hate can be “turned to pity, and our pity to love.”

Forgotten Classics: On Reading Louis De Wohl’s The Spear During Holy Week

Felix James Miller April 1, 2023

The Spear serves as a lectio divina of sorts, that is, as an opportunity to imagine oneself in the action of the Holy Scriptures.

Tag: Lent

During Lent, Fasts of Crescent and Cross Are Not the Same

Identitarian Activists Cover Freiburg’s Ramadan Lights with “Blessed Lent” Banner

Reclaiming the Lenten Fast: A Sacred Return to Our True Identity in an Age of Emptiness

The Islamization of Europe: Public Ramadan Displays Spark Political Backlash

Lent and Baptism, More Than a Fad?

Dry January: A Secular Lent

Discovering Guilt and Grace in the Flesh

Bach’s St. Mark’s Passion: A Reconstructed Gem

The Glory of the Cross

Forgotten Classics: On Reading Louis De Wohl’s The Spear During Holy Week

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