Ash Wednesday can take place anywhere from Feb. 4 through March 10, and this year, it falls on the earlier side.

Feb. 25—On Ash Wednesday, March 5, Connection Christian Church in Odessa will be offering "Ashes to Go" for its tenth year, a fresh approach to a centuries-old Christian tradition. Connection ...

A procession of the faithful greeted clergy and lay ministers on Ash Wednesday in Upland. The annual mobile service Wednesday morning, March 5, at St. Mark Episcopal Parish marked the beginning of ...

On Wednesday, many Christians will show up to work with ashes smudged on their foreheads. Many more will head to church on their lunch break or after work to receive a cross of ashes on their face.

New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity's 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahead of Easter ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – For the third year in a row, Holy Cross Church in Santa Barbara is taking Ash Wednesday to the streets by hosting a Ash Wednesday Drive-Thru. Rev. Egren Gomez calls it the a ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service; then ...