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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...