Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls 6½ weeks before Easter each year. Members of the ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start to Lent, when Catholics may be get ashes on their forehead and choose to give something up for ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Many Christian churches, or denominations, are in the season of Lent. But what is Lent anyway? Many of us are familiar with the “season” of Christmas, which is also a name of a season of the ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls 6½ weeks before Easter each year. Members of the Catholic Church ... with ashes as a sign of penance," according ...