Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old ...

A parishioner receives ashes from a Deacon during Ash Wednesday mass on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at Gesu Catholic Church in downtown Miami. The mass was fully packed with standing rom only at the ...

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season in the Christian calendar, is Feb. 18. Several churches in Corpus Christi will offer religious services in observance of the holy day, ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 18 this year and will mark the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. Lent is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with ...

Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Visalia is hosting several special Masses for Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18, which marks the start of Lent on the Christian calendar. Ash Wednesday falls the day after ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - If churches seem a little busier today than they normally would be on a Wednesday, there is a reason. Catholic and Protestant Christians from a variety of denominations will be ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, will be on Feb. 17, 2026. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting that begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 5 ...

DAYTONA BEACH — For most Christians, Ash Wednesday is observed during meditative services inside a church. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40-day solemn Christian season of repentance, ...

Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old Testament, where ashes on the forehead was "a sign of repentance for sins, ...

If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would've seen people pouring out onto the steps after the Ash Wednesday service. The mass, one of many held at the downtown ...