Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on Feb. 18 this year. The observance marks the start of Lent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman) Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40-day Christian season of reflection, fasting and ...

Though it is still the middle of winter in New England, with February getting closer, it is only a little over a month from Ash Wednesday, signifying that the Christian Easter season is not that far ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 18 this year and will mark the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. Lent is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with ...

Ash Wednesday is observed by a variety of Christians around the world. The first day of the Lent season, a forty-day period of self-examination and penance before Easter is observed by Lutherans, ...

It's time for Christians around the world to start preparing for Easter. Soon, you will see Catholics with a black smudge on their forehead. The smudge will resemble a cross, at best, or a rectangle ...

For many Christians, important religious holidays are right around the corner. Lent will soon start with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide ...

The start of Lent, marked by Ash Wednesday, is almost here. While Ash Wednesday fell in March last year, it can take place anywhere from Feb. 4 through March 10, and this year, it falls on the earlier ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians. In 2026, Ash Wednesday falls on Feb. 18, and Lent ends on April 2. The ashes, made from the previous year's palms, symbolize ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

If you notice people with ash‑marked crosses on their foreheads on Feb. 18, it’s because of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent on the Christian calendar. Ash Wednesday falls the day after ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on Feb. 18 this year. The observance marks the start of Lent, the season leading up to Easter; it is one of five key periods on ...