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 ... ashes on one's forehead in the ...

Let’s dive into what Ash Wednesday is, why it matters, and how it’s observed around the world. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning ... of placing ashes on the forehead is an ancient tradition ...

Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. Ash Wednesday also marks the first day of the season of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and ...

Ash Wednesday begins Lent, a 40-day period of prayer, fasting, and reflection for Christians. Observed with the application of ashes on the forehead ... Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Christians in the suburbs and around the world marked the start of Lent through Ash Wednesday services ... Ashes on the Go events Wednesday. The ashes, applied on the forehead in the shape ...

This year, Ash Wednesday — a solemn day of fasting and reflection to mark the start of ... received a sign of the cross with ashes on their forehead at the beginning of that season as a reminder ...

You may find people with ash marks on their foreheads Wednesday. Ash Wednesday falls ... are applied to a parishioner's forehead by a priest who says, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...

New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning ... after receiving ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday at St ...