Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten Season in Catholicism, one of the most religious seasons in the Catholic ...
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.
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 beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days. Here's what to know about the Christian tradition.
Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit ...
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...
A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...
While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for ...