The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 18 this year and will mark the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. Lent is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with ...

Ash Wednesday, in most Christian denominations, is the beginning of the Lenten season leading up to Easter Sunday. It is observed with a service where the faithful are marked with ashes. Many adults, ...

Today, the First Lady and I join the millions of Christians in the United States and around the world in observing Ash Wednesday—a solemn day of prayer and repentance and the beginning of the Lenten ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

Another Avatar film, another domination at the VES Awards. James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar: Fire and Ash took seven trophies during Wednesday night’s 24th annual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, ...

Editor's note: This editorial, slightly modified, has appeared on previous Ash Wednesdays in this newspaper. To get a "black mark," we understand from the common lexicon, isn't a good thing — except ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

Rev. Michael Chaney offered "ashes to go" outside a coffee shop for Ash Wednesday. The practice allows people to observe the start of Lent without attending a full church service. Chaney, a priest at ...

Since the times of ancient Rome, some Christians have been wearing a smudge of ashes on their foreheads every year during the Day of Ashes, also known as Ash Wednesday. Churches around the world ...

If you notice people with ash‑marked crosses on their foreheads on Feb. 18, it’s because of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent on the Christian calendar. The holy day features multiple Mass ...