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 ...

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 day known as Ash Wednesday. But what's the point of those marks?

The tradition dates as far back as 601 AD, when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as ...

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 ...

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, ashes were spread across people’s foreheads, and the person spreading the ashes said, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This phrase and the ...

Lent, a period of fasting and reflection, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday ... According to the Bible, he was sacrificed to pay for the sins of mankind and his body was later ...