The ashes represent mortality but also mourning, penitence and repentance. Lent is a liturgical time of “giving up.” Often during Lent, one might “give up” something like chocolate or ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this festival before Easter? Why do Christians mark themselves ...

It's Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lent and fish Friday traditions. Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a ...

Lent is 40 days to represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and praying in the desert before starting his own public ministry. Where do the ashes smudged on worshipers' foreheads come from?

Pastor Tony Ward at West End Presbyterian Church was one of many to distribute ashes today. He says Lent is a time for reflection and an opportunity to ready ourselves for the journey that leads ...

The ashes signify repentance for one's sins and a renewed commitment to God. For many Christians, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting, as well as abstaining from eating meat. Last year, Lent began ...