Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent 2026. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we ...

Everything you need to know about Christians receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday.

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Learn what Ash Wednesday means, why people get ashes on their foreheads, and how the tradition marks the start of Lent.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

Each Lent, I reflect on the apparent contradiction the day seems to hold.

I try, on the next day and the next, to imagine I still have ashes on me, that I am constantly being called to live up to the beliefs I claim to hold.

As the final week of Mardi Gras gets underway, Christians all over the world will be preparing for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.

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