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.

A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

MPs enjoyed an exhibition in the Houses of Parliament last week of young people’s drawings, poetry, sculpture and prose on ...

Parkersburg resident Marvin Trippett walks back to his pew following the imposition of ashes on his forehead during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday afternoon at Crossroads Church in Waverly.

A dominant display by Wall Street Trader in the $1.25-million Ash Wednesday Trophy feature race at Caymanas Park on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 left trainer Rowan Mathie ecstatic. The six-year-old ...

The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from the Anglo-Saxon Lencten meaning the springtime stretching of days ...

The Rev. Marion Phipps provides the Ash Wednesday services and offers each recipient a prayer. It was something she went into with some skepticism when the idea initially came up five years ago, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

Hyderabad: City churches commemorated Ash Wednesday today, marking the beginning of Lent — a 40-plus day season of fasting, prayer, and reflection. Devotees gathered to hear readings from ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent ...

During the morning, the pope participated in an Ash Wednesday celebration, receiving ashes and Holy Communion. ROME - Pope Francis' condition "remained stable" on Wednesday, "without any episodes ...