Christians around the world mark Ash Wednesday as the solemn beginning of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and reflection leading to Good Friday and Easter.

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

For many Christians, this week brings Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection. It signals the start of Lent, ...

Ash Wednesday is here and the Christian season of Lent begins for 2026. What we know on date, the 6-week period that leads up to Easter, fasting and more.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn 40-day season of fasting, prayer, and reflection in Christianity, leading ...

At the Colorado State Capitol, lawmakers are using this day to receive blessings and even pick up ashes.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Christians and Muslims across Philadelphia marked the start of two significant religious observances Wednesday, as both Ash Wednesday and the first day of Ramadan fell at the ...

As the Lenten season approached, faith communities across the region, not just Catholics, have straddled their faith, advocacy and the politics of a nation in the midst of the Trump ...

People are stringing closer to their faith across the Chicagoland area as two religions coincided with their most holy months of the year, with Muslims celebrating Ramadan on the same day as the start ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Catholic priest, Rev Fr Charles Katongole Kaweesi, applies an ash cross on a Christian’s forehead during Ash Wednesday Mass at St Peter’s Parish Nsambya. The mass marked the start of the Lenten ...

Here's everything you need to know about the start of both Ash Wednesday and Lent, and more on how these traditions came to ...