Ash Wednesday marks the Christian period of Lent, prior to the Holy Week. A Catholic faithful wears a face mask during the celebration of Ash Wednesday in Cali, Colombia, on February 17, 2021.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting that marks the first day of Lent, and falls six and a half weeks before Easter. (Picture: Getty Images) Wednesday, March 2, marks an important ...

And with it, comes Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. ... Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, will begin on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and end on Thursday, ...

The first Ash Wednesday observance was held in the 11th century AD, though the book of Daniel in the bible also makes reference to ashes as symbolic of death and fasting from indulgence before ...

On Ash Wednesday, coronavirus and the flu have religious leaders tweaking rituals. February 26, 2020 Catholics receive their ashes Wednesday as a symbol of repentance and conversion at the ...

A new statement, signed by 11 Christian LGBTQ groups representing tens of thousands of constituents and roughly 5,000 congregations and released Wednesday (March 5), is timed to correspond with ...

If you see people walking around with black smudges on their foreheads Wednesday, it's there for a reason: Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent for Christians.

This year, some churches are putting an inclusive spin on a well-known holiday with Glitter+Ash Wednesday. A mixture of Christian tradition and LGBTQ support, the project calls for churches to add ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Wednesday begins the holiest time in the Christian faith, Lenten season, but, as with all else, the still-present coronavirus forces change to tradition. The music of ...

In Western churches, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (in 2022 falling on March 2) and runs until Easter (this year on April 17), a period of six and a half weeks, and the Sundays are not counted as ...

ODESSA, Texas — Connection Christian Church in Odessa is offering Ashes to Go at multiple places on Ash Wednesday. This is the church's seventh year offering the service for those who wish to ...