Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first day of Lent. These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the ...

Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

Ashes are a symbol of penance. Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ...

Themes: the Christian festival of Lent; Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; making a sacrifice. Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter.

Mormons, Evangelicals, and Pentecostal Christians typically don't observe Ash Wednesday or Lent. Ash Wednesday is also the first day of Lent. What churches in Reno are having Ash Wednesday services?

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in ... year and falls on the first Sunday of the first ...