Ash Wednesday begins Lent, a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and reflection for Christians. Observed with the application ...

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

Repentance and seeking God’s mercy are the Ash Wednesday themes adopted by Repairers Of The Breach, Bishop Barber’s ...

Ash Wednesday was last week. For Christians it begins 40 days of self-examination and repentance by prayer, fasting and self-denial. It is also a time to read and mediate on God’s word. Pictured is St ...

If end-of-life care matters, surely it can be strengthened by beginning-of-life wisdom. On this first day of Lent and ...

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

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and reflection leading up to Easter. It is one ...

Lent has begun for many in typical ways, with fish fries as well as Ash Wednesday worship services or occasions where one ...

So as centuries went on, the church’s public prayer ... out those words about ashes by actually marking the foreheads of those taking part in the ritual. The practice caught on and spread, and in 1091 ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

An increase in popularity of drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings encouraged Pastor Debbie Beissel to conduct Elysburg United ...

City churches commemorated Ash Wednesday today, marking the beginning of Lent — a 40-plus day season of fasting, prayer, and ...