What is Ash Wednesday? What happens today? First day of Lent starts Easter season
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...
Ash Wednesday origins and traditions explained from 'no meat' to solemn gesture
The history of Ash Wednesday is far-reaching. Originally, Lent served as a period for Christians to prepare for Easter ...
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Pope's Ash Wednesday absence looms large as Lent begins at the Vatican
While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...
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Ash Wednesday: Tony Umez attends mass, prays for Christians as 40-Day Lent begins
Nollywood actor Tony Umez like many Christians across the world observed Ash Wednesday as he shared pictures of ashes with ...
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Ash Wednesday celebrations continue as Pope Francis remains in hospital
Catholic cardinals in Rome marked the start of the Lent religious season on Wednesday without Pope Francis, as the ...
When is Ash Wednesday? Start of 40-day Lenten, Easter season brings prayer, fasting
Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians. Lent will start on Ash Wednesday, March 5. It ends on Maundy Thursday, on April 17, the day before Good Friday.
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Ash Wednesday Kicks Off 40-Day Lent For Christians
Ash Wednesday is the first day that kicked off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting to reflects the time ...
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Pope Francis misses Ash Wednesday as he remains in a ‘stable’ condition
Pope Francis’s condition was stable on Wednesday as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican source ...