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

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

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...

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

New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ...

Roman Catholic, Episcopal and many other liturgical churches hold services today that include the rubbing of ashes on the forehead, a sign of repentance for sins. Lent is a season of 40 days, not ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate ...

An email from the White House Management Office informed staff that the Mass would take place in the Indian Treaty Room at ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days. Here's what to know about the Christian tradition.

President Donald Trump shared a similar message on Monday, congratulating people, mostly Muslims, who celebrate Ramadan.

Here’s the origin of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter, when Lent ends and why the dates they fall on change every year.