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. Ash Wednesday 2025 is almost here.

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.

Christians commonly celebrate Ash Wednesday with ashes on their forehead ... The purpose of ashes dates back to early Roman practices, according to britannica.com. Serious sinners and penitents ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Lent was established centuries ago, around AD 325, and accepted only after the early church figured out how to calculate the date of Easter. Here's everything you need to know about Ash Wednesday ...

Ash Wednesday has arrived, and Lent 2025 has officially begun. For millions of Christians around the world, this marks the beginning of a spring tradition in honor of Jesus Christ's resurrection ...

Ash Wednesday is just one week away and the Lenten season set to begin. The religious holiday is a significant part of the Christian faith despite undergoing multiple changes throughout the years ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent ... The purpose of ashes dates back to early Roman practices, according to britannica.com. Serious sinners and penitents began a public penance on the first ...

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day that kicked off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting to reflects the time Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert ...

Here is what we know about Ash Wednesday and Lent, plus what dates Easter, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday fall on: Ash Wednesday is on March 5 in 2025. Christians commonly celebrate ...