Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras ...

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.

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 ...

The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are from blessed palms that are burned during Palm Sunday from the previous year. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, will begin on ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday and Lent happen this year. This year, Easter Sunday is observed on Sunday, April 20. Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, observing the day Jesus Christ resurrected ...

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival of Ash Wednesday ... all of the related religious holidays leading ...

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of ...

Ash Wednesday and when lent starts this year. This year, Easter Sunday is observed on Sunday, April 20. Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, observing the day Jesus Christ ...