SCHENECTADY - From St. Anthony's Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, March 5, 2025. It signifies the beginning of Lent, the period from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, the day before Easter.

DANBURY —St. Peter Church in Danbury celebrated multiple Masses on Ash Wednesday to distribute ashes to mark the start of Lent. Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service; ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Photos: Lehigh Valley Catholics attended services to mark Ash Wednesday 2025, observed on the first day of Lent.

Rev. Mark Story, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, burns the palm leaves and then conducted the imposition of ashes at St. Mary's Episcopal School.

New York’s Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity’s 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahe… ...

Candy Frigo, 70, receives ashes Wednesday from Terry Nelson-Johnson, pastoral minister at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, ... Photos: Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent for Christians ...

Photos: Marked by faith on Ash Wednesday in Sonoma County. With a solemn mark of ashes on their foreheads, worshippers across Sonoma County gathered to observe Ash Wednesday, the start of the ...

In 2024, Ash Wednesday arrived early in the season, falling on Feb. 14, which is also Valentine's Day. This year, in 2025, Ash Wednesday is recognized nearly a month later on Wednesday, March 5.

Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from the church filled the pews for the 9 a.m. service on Wednesday. Each of the students received ashes on their forehead from the ...