During Mass on Ash Wednesday, Catholic priests draw crosses of ashes on parishioners' foreheads. Other Christian denominations and even those disconnected from traditions of faith, sometimes observe ...

On Ash Wednesday, priests apply ash on the forehead of each person coming to the Church, saying - 'Thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return'. Easter concludes the 40 days period of fasting ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

During Mass on Ash Wednesday, Catholic priests draw crosses of ashes on parishioners' foreheads. Other Christian denominations and even those disconnected from traditions of faith, sometimes ...