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

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

The 40-day period of Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. See the 2025 dates, and why and how Christians observe the religious ...

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

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.

Christians are observing Ash Wednesday, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing ...

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

Fat Tuesday - or Mardi Gras - is followed by Ash Wednesday to kick off the start of Lent. Here's what to know about fish ...

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

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

Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Christians are marking the first day of the Easter calendar on Ash Wednesday.