Bristol is the place to be if you like Shakespeare at the moment, with one play currently on and another beginning this week. The city's schools embraced World Book Day with enthusiasm on Thursday, as ...

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.

A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

Parkersburg resident Marvin Trippett walks back to his pew following the imposition of ashes on his forehead during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday afternoon at Crossroads Church in Waverly.

(Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call) Ashes are moistened with holy water and placed on churchgoers’ foreheads on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic ...

Ash Wednesday is a pivotal date for those who practice in the catholic faith. Find out if this day will affect mail delivery ...

During Ash Wednesday, ash from the burnt blessed palms from last year’s Palm Sunday celebration is placed on the forehead. “Indeed we are but dust and unto dust, we shall return. Through the ...

(Barry Williams / New York Daily News) People take selfies after receiving ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on March 5, 2025, in New York City. Ash Wednesday is ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Ash ... Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following ...