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

As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations.

For many Christians worldwide, the weeks leading up to Easter are a time of fasting, solemn contemplation and abstaining from ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of penance.

Easter Sunday moves around the calendar. Here's why this culmination of Holy Week can take place between March 22 and April ...

WESTFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Services for Ash Wednesday took place Wednesday across western Massachusetts.

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