Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

As spring moves into sight, the Christian Easter season is getting closer, and that starts with Ash Wednesday. However, this year's Easter season starts much later than usual. While Ash Wednesday ...

The practice caught on and spread, and in 1091 Pope Urban II decreed that “on Ash Wednesday everyone, clergy and laity, men and women, will receive ashes.” It’s been going on ever since. 2.

Layman Serena Beeks of St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish distributes ashes to Sonia Martinez during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day penitential season of Lent in the lead-up to Easter, ... We met in our early 20s and now find ourselves in our early 40s, with four kids, a dog, and a mortgage.

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

It was the usual Wednesday Weight Watchers Zoom meeting, except for one thing. The leader had shown up with a black ash cross imprinted on her forehead. “Oh, yeah,” I thought.

But this year, Ash Wednesday lands smack-dab right on the calendar at Feb. 14. Ash Wednesday, when we remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return, kicks off the season of Lent, a period ...

When Ash Wednesday — the first day of the Christian season of penance — falls on Valentine’s Day ... (Even better, offer to babysit if they have little kids!) 9. Phone a widow(er).

What’s in the air? First, the risks. Wildfire smoke includes small particles that can be dangerous for your health. (It’s called particulate matter 2.5). As LAist has reported: ...

What to do when Ash Wednesday, a solemn reminder of human mortality, falls on the same day we gorge on chocolate and romance? Pass out candy hearts that say “Dust 2 Dust.” ...

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025. Lent will extend for 46 days, concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025.