I, an agnostic, attended the 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5.. Why do it? Nobody asked me to go, and I went in without knowing anyone. I didn’t grow up ...

Each year, in many Christian denominations, Ash Wednesday is celebrated to mark the first day of Lent – recognizing six weeks of penitence prior to Easter. Winchester would recognize it as well. One ...

A line of cars waits to take part in St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church's annual drive-thru ash dispensing program for Ash Wednesday. The program has been offered by the Elgin church for five years.

Ash Wednesday services at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Jarret Liotta) A parishioner at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica takes a moment ...

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; ...

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of the solemn 40-day season of Lent, which leads up to Easter.

Church member Eb Stapp receives ashes at St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday celebration on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland. (Photo by ...

A woman receives ashes from Rev. Andrew Fischer on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights, Harrison on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Parishioners gather at Bethesda Episcopal Church on 26 Washington St. in Saratoga Springs on Ash Wednesday for a Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes led by Rev. Charles Wallace.

Fort Lauderdale, FL- March 5, 2025 - Archbishop Thomas Wenski applies Ashes to the faithful as he celebrates mass at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the occasion of Ash Wednesday.