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

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

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

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

The cross, placed on a worshiper's forehead by a priest, indicates that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and is grieving and ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people from all denominations of Christianity practice self-sacrifice ...

Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the ...

The trick to a meaningful Lent, wise folks will tell you, is to choose something small and nurturing to bring into your life.

Catholics receive ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday services at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas, on March ...

Noticing people with smudges on their foreheads today? It is Ash Wednesday, kicking off the 40-day Lenten season of prayer, sacrifice and fish Fridays ...

Here is what we know about Ash Wednesday and Lent, plus what dates Easter, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday fall on: Ash Wednesday is on March 5 in 2025. Christians commonly celebrate Ash ...