Lent Ash Wednesday 2025: Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day Christian season of prayer, fasting, and charity leading to Easter. Worshipers receive ash crosses symbolizing repentance ...

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, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Christians will observe Ash Wednesday on March 5, ushering in the 40-day season of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seeking spiritual ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter.

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter. Christians around the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Catholics worldwide are observing Ash Wednesday as Pope Francis continues his recovery, keeping him in their prayers as they begin the Lenten season.

Parishioners attend Ash Wednesday mass at La Purisima Catholic Church in Orange, CA on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Telangana Sanjay Samuel Paul 5 March 2025 10:08 PM IST City churches commemorated Ash Wednesday today, marking the beginning of Lent — a 40-plus day season of fasting, prayer, and reflection ...

Several Aiken churches, including St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, on Feb. 14, 2024, marked the arrival of Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.

Updated: 05/03/2025 - 15:04 GMT+1 Catholic devotees in Manila lined up outside Baclaran Church for Ash Wednesday, receiving ash crosses made from blessed palms, marking the start of Lent. … More ...