The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from ...

This last Wednesday marked the start of Lent with Ash Wednesday. While walking down Edmonds’ Main Street, you might have ...

On Ash Wednesday, those black smudges you see on some people's foreheads are the sign of the cross from ashes administered by church leaders that symbolize mortality and repentance. Church leaders ...

The history of Ash Wednesday is far-reaching. Originally, Lent served as a period for Christians to prepare for Easter baptism, with fasting limited to a day or two. This practice persisted for ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Christians are observing Ash Wednesday, ushering in the ... the forehead of each participant with black ashes in the shape of a cross. In the Roman Catholic church ...

Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a priest ... It is also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday ...

Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a priest ... It is also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday ...

Some refer to Ash Wednesday and Lent as the “40 days and 40 nights” period that Jesus is said in the bible to have spent fasting and being tempted by the devil. Ashes are marked on a person’s forehead ...