Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.Members ...

The church prepared around 800 pounds of Alaskan pollock and 100 pounds of homemade coleslaw. It serves around 600 meals a ...

Wednesday is the first day of Lent, and many Christians will observe the day by going to Mass to be blessed with ashes.

Ashes were delivered on the go at First Presbyterian Church in Elkhart. Residents drove to the front doors of the church and were given the opportunity to privately receive their ashes and their ...

Typically, the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service are procured from burning the previous year's palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration. The ashes from the palms are then blessed by a ...

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, is March 5. The Archdiocese of Agana has released the Mass schedule for ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...