Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday, March 5, the start of the Lent season which ends with Easter. But whether it's due to work, ...

In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, ...

An increase in popularity of drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings encouraged Pastor Debbie Beissel to conduct Elysburg United Methodist Church’s first this year. She was greeted Wednesday by congregants ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, officially marking the start of Lent, a 40-day period observed by many Christians worldwide. Churches ...

New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity's 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahead of ...

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin offered Christians a unique way to start the Lenten season by dispensing ashes via a drive-thru lane rather ...

An historic Catholic church in downtown New Britain is on course to be demolished sometime later this year despite the ...

Ash Wednesday is one of the most universally accessible days in the Church’s liturgical year, offering a simple yet profound reminder: God’s grace is available to all—without exception.

Grace, an agnostic, attended the Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5, to practice Lent and visit church.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday ... The 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory, set the first official period of Lent in 601 AD, according to the Museum of the Bible. At this time, Lent ...

More than 100 early risers began their day on Wednesday with a 6:30 a.m. service at the Santa Monica church that has long hosted members from nearby Pacific Palisades. “It’s Ash Wednesday, the start ...