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 ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Ash Wednesday ... images capture Chicagoans participating in the meaningful ritual of receiving ashes. Rev. Jonathan Grace, of the Urban Village Church, gives ashes ...

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 ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

DANBURY —St. Peter Church in Danbury celebrated multiple Masses on Ash Wednesday to distribute ashes to mark the start of Lent. Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from ...

An increase in popularity of drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings encouraged Pastor Debbie Beissel to conduct Elysburg United Methodist Church’s first this year. She was greeted Wednesday by congregants ...

GREENWICH — Christ Church Greenwich had multiple ways for people to get their ashes on Ash Wednesday. The church hosted three Eucharist services with ashes and provided "Ashes to Go" in its ...

will host Mansfield Korean Church and First United Methodist Church on Ash Wednesday at 7 p.m. March 5. District Superintendent Nestor Nazario West Plains District will be the guest preacher.

It is the start of the Lenten period that ends with Easter. Millions of Christians worldwide attend church services on Ash Wednesday, lining up to receive the smudge of ash. To each person ...