Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent in the church calendar and Connection Christian Church marked the ...

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.

Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this ...

Rev. Rik Rasmussen of St. Paul's Episcopal Church stood on the corner of 15th & J Streets in downtown Sacramento Wednesday morning and met a steady stream of people who walked up to him on the ...

Many churches will mark the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent by holding Ash Wednesday services in which attendees ...

The statement is signed by 11 Christian LGBTQ groups representing tens of thousands of constituents and roughly 5,000 ...

These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the Christian community. During the 8th to 10th centuries, this practice fell by the ...

Ashes in the Bible serve as symbolic physical reminders of our short earthly lifespan compared to the heavenly eternity of ...

Some churches on the Northshore are making it easier than ever to receive ashes without stepping inside of a church ...