You may find people with ash marks on their foreheads Wednesday. Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent, when those who practice Christianity begin observing the 40 ...

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

On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they belong to Jesus Christ and are mourning for their sins. Lent concludes on Thursday, April 17 this year.

The observance begins on Ash Wednesday, a day in which many Christians attend a church service and receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. The gesture dates back thousands of ...

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 ...