The 40-day period of Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. See the 2025 dates, and why and how Christians observe the religious ...

Fox News Digital interviewed Hallow CEO Alex Jones and Rev. James T. Bretzke about the top methods people can grow in holiness during the Lenten season.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

The history of Ash Wednesday is far-reaching. Originally, Lent served as a period for Christians to prepare for Easter ...

Ash Wednesday, which falls and is celebrated this year on March 5, signifying the start of the season of Lent for Catholics, ...

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

Some refer to Ash Wednesday and Lent as the “40 days and 40 nights” period that Jesus is said in the bible to have spent ...

Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025, marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, a period of fasting, prayer, and repentance ...

During Ash Wednesday, Christians offer up their personal and communal confession during the Day of Ashes service. The ashes in the shape of a cross represent mortality and the need for repentance. Ash ...

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

Dear brothers and sisters, We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. Here's the meaning behind one of the holiest observances in the faith.