Here's everything to know. Ash Wednesday – also known as the Day of Ashes – is a day of repentance and fasting, when Christians, especially Catholics, confess their sins and profess their ...

Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer...The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person's forehead." The source further explains ...

Ashes made from palms and the colour purple are both highly symbolic during Lent You might have heard people discuss giving something up that they enjoy for Lent, like chocolate or social media ...

Tribune-Review Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 3:11 p.m. | Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 3:11 p.m. Lent began on Feb. 22 with the distribution of ashes in churches throughout the North Allegheny area ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which may be accompanied by the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or ...

The film tore me to bits. I went to Ash Wednesday services at my local Catholic parish (I was Catholic then) ready to don sackcloth and ashes and repent. The priest’s homily that day centered on ...

Lindbergh Blvd. in Sunset Hills. Find more information here. The annual "Ashes-to-Go" will be held at all three St. Louis-area locations for Ash Wednesday.

Lent officially begins today as Christians begin the first 40 days of fasting, prayer and charitable acts in the lead up to Easter. Churches generally hold Ash Wednesday mass and rub ashes on ...