Is Ash Wednesday just a Catholic holiday? No, the day is not just for Catholics, but not all Christian churches observe Ash Wednesday and Lent, according to Learn Religions.

Ash Wednesday will be observed Feb. 14. Religious leaders say you can observe it and Valentine's Day without ditching your Catholic obligations.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are the only two days of fasting and abstinence required by the Catholic Church, though Catholics are encouraged to abstain from meat on Fridays during the 40-day ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent. Here's everything to know about why it is celebrated by Christians, ... On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church celebrates the Mass of the Lord's Supper.

Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and ...

Ash Wednesday isn’t a holy day of obligation, but in English-speaking countries, it still has a powerful draw even for Catholics who are otherwise non-practicing.

The ashes placed in the sign of a cross on worshipers' foreheads on Ash Wednesday are supposed to be made from last year's Palm Sunday palm branches, according to the Catholic News Agency.Last ...

Ash Wednesday is also a day of obligatory fasting for the Catholic faithful. For members of the Roman Catholic Church, fasting is obligatory from age 18 until age 59, according to the USCCB.

Ash Wednesday always falls six and a half weeks before Easter. Because it's dependent on the date Easter falls on, it can occur as early as Feb. 4 or as late as March 10.

How we celebrated Ash Wednesday was, like so much of Catholic high school, at once somber and awkward and reverent and beautiful and, yes, weird. We filed into Mass hoping we would get to hold our ...

Rev. Stephen Hamilton, pastor, traces a cross on the forehead of a woman during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

Ash Wednesday, the annual start of the liturgical season of Lent, "is a reminder that we say 'yes' to God by saying 'no' to things opposed to God," a Catholic priest told Fox News Digital.