Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you notice people with ash‑marked crosses on their foreheads on Feb. 18, it’s because of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start ...

Trinity Lutheran Church congregation members stood in line to receive a dark cross mark made of palm ashes across their foreheads, commemorating the first day of the Lenten season and a symbol of ...

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 ...

A tradition started more than a decade ago continues when St. David’s Episcopal Church pastors offer drive-thru blessings on Ash Wednesday. The Ash Wednesday ritual involves a pastor using ashes to ...

People across the world will have ashes spread on their foreheads on Feb. 18, as Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent for many Christians. What is the reason behind the marked foreheads of ...