Peter Ash (Picture: Craig Sugden) After leaving Weatherfield, Peter returned to the theatre at Christmas playing Abanazar in Aladdin at Oldham’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. “I had the time of my ...

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.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Ash Wednesday and Lent prompt us that it is the restoration of our divinity, our immortality as children of God, imbued with God’s breath, that is most important, the key to eternal love, peace ...

Marking the beginning of the holiest time in the Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday comes with its own set of customs. ... “dust thou art and into dust thou shall return”.

The Rev. Felicia Brock holds ashes at First Baptist Church on Monday, March 3, 2025, of Tarentum as she prepares them in an urn for Ash Wednesday — a tradition the church began under her leadership.

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holiday, marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and repentance leading up to Easter Sunday. Monday, Jun 23, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, Ash Wednesday is recognized nearly a month later on Wednesday, March 5.