While the Bible doesn’t mention Ash Wednesday specifically, the practice of using ashes as a symbol of repentance and mourning is deeply rooted in Scripture. Here are a few examples: Even if you ...

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, ashes were spread across people’s foreheads, and the person spreading the ashes said, “Remember ...

There's a day that comes around each year when you might see people walking around with black marks on their foreheads—it's a ...

A friend once asked me, “What are you giving up for Lent this year?” and I said, “This year for Lent I’m just giving up.” ...

Ash Wednesday 2023, in Christianity ... Examples of the practice among Jews are found in several other books of the Bible, including Numbers 19:9, 19:17, Jonah 3:6, Book of Esther 4:1, and ...

When it comes to pulling Catholics into pews, Christmas rites top the list – followed by a tie between Easter, the Christian calendar’s most joyous day, and Ash Wednesday, which is the most ...

Prayer and almsgiving are also important parts of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, so it also falls on Wednesday, March 5. Easter falls on Sunday, April 20 this year.

Editor’s Note: The article first published in 2020 by The Conversation. For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of ...

The 88-year-old Pope has chronic lung disease. This Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics are lifting Francis up in prayer. "Putting on ashes was always a sin of repentance, a sin of acknowledging ...