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 ...

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

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends ...

In church services Wednesday across Longview and elsewhere, Christians took time to observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the ...

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

It’s not every day when people walk around expressing their faith and acknowledging sinfulness on their foreheads, but that’s ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together ...

Easter, the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection ... The ashes are gathered from burning the previous year's palm branches used during Palm Sunday, according to britannica.com.

From suits and blazers to street clothes, those of all politics shared in a moment representing the beginning of Lent.

It’s a season that allows people of faith to let go of distractions and draw closer to God as they prepare their hearts for Easter, the celebration of Jesus Christ’s ... from the previous year’s Palm ...