In 2026 Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The liturgical celebration is the start of the Lenten season for Catholics, which ends on Easter Sunday. Other Christian churches offer Ash Wednesday ...

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 ...

Today, the First Lady and I join the millions of Christians in the United States and around the world in observing Ash Wednesday—a solemn day of prayer and repentance and the beginning of the Lenten ...

The seventh weekend of an impressive 2026 box office has now passed, with no one surprised to see director Emerald Fennell's third feature film, an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, top the domestic ...

Christians commonly celebrate Ash Wednesday with ashes on their forehead and fasting to start the Lenten season, according to britannica.com. The practice reminds Christians of human mortality and the ...

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For many Christians, important religious holidays are right around the corner. Lent will soon start with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide ...

It's almost time for Lent, the 40-day period where the faithful practice repentance, fasting and prayer. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, with the marking of the cross in ash on the forehead, a common ...

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 ...

While February always brings the celebration of Valentine's Day, in 2026, it will also usher in the beginning of the Lenten season. The dates of Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Easter change each year.

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 ...

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 they ...