Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent is a period of prayer, fasting, and giving for Christians. Ashes represent death and repentance, reminding Christians of human mortality.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

Vice President J D Vance participated in the rituals of Ash Wednesday as he and other members of the Trump administration ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin has offered Christians a unique way ...