A U.S. Navy officer receives ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) Marking the beginning of Lent, the ...

The church is just a building, but our church body is still together and whole.” That’s what longtime members of First ...

The Rev. Hannah Loughman and the Rev. Ryan Kobert believe in the importance of bringing the church to the people. The pastors did just that on the drizzly morning of March 5. Stationed at the ...

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...

Each year, in many Christian denominations, Ash Wednesday is celebrated to mark the first day of Lent – recognizing six weeks of penitence prior to Easter. Winchester would recognize it as well. One ...

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(Photo by Gwen Sour) Pastor Rick Hastings, left, places ashes onto congregation member Tim Wilson during an Ash Wednesday outdoor service at Pioneer Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Dozens of U.P. churches were forced to cancel their Ash Wednesday services because of this week’s blizzard. Some churches, like First Presbyterian Church of Marquette ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — In Owensboro, First Presbyterian Church made sure everyone could celebrate the start of lent no matter how busy. From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the church hosted its 11th ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin offered Christians a unique way to start the Lenten season by dispensing ashes via a drive-thru lane rather ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, officially marking the start of Lent, a 40-day period observed by many Christians worldwide before Easter. Many Christians get ashes on their foreheads to mark the day.