Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

While Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent today, Lent is the older of the two, according to the Museum of the Bible. Lent was established centuries ago, around AD 325, and accepted only ...

Prayer and almsgiving are also important parts of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, so it also falls ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Christians across the world began the observance of Lent with Ash Wednesday, during which ashes are dabbed on the foreheads ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads and begin a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. This year, Ash Wednesday lands on Wednesday ...

Christians will celebrate Ash Wednesday is tomorrow ... The first season of fasting and prayer was established in 601 AD by Pope Gregory, according to the Museum of the Bible.