Wondering why a small dusty cross anoints the foreheads of Christians once a year? They're celebrating Ash Wednesday, which for many also marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and ...

The Rev. Hannah Loughman and the Rev. Ryan Kobert believe in the importance of bringing the church to the people. The pastors ...

It is widely believed that Roman Catholics began to mark the head with ashes as a cross in the eighth century. Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes — is a day of repentance ...

Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. Ash Wednesday also marks the first day of the season of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and ...

During Ash Wednesday, some churches mark the foreheads of worshipers with ashes in the shape of a cross. The ashes, made from palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday service ...

Participants do not need to belong to the church to attend. Clergy will offer prayers and ashes to vehicle occupants and provide a free cross keepsake and air freshener, according to the event page.

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, where Christians traditionally go to church and receive a cross-shaped mark on their heads using the ashes of burnt palm leaves. At the evening ceremony ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40-day season of Lent in the church calendar and Connection Christian Church marked the occasion by offering Ashes to Go for the tenth consecutive year. Ashes to ...

where you may see people with ashes in the shape of a cross smudged on their forehead or abstaining from eating meat. Ash Wednesday is a traditional day of repentance for Christians. While most ...

During a Mass, a priest places the ashes on a worshiper's forehead as a cross. The ceremony, which a minister or pastor can also perform, is meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ ...