Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Everybody entering the church on Ash Wednesday has ash applied to their foreheads by priests who pronounce, "Thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return." As a form of public penance ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on March 5 this year. The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods ...