Also known as the Day of Ashes, this traditional day of repentance for Christians, and observed by various denominations, ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has deleted a social media post and apologised for any potential offence after ...

Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many ...

The day after her house burned down, Lara Ganz sent a group message to the youth theater troupe she runs: They would not let ...

Hakan Kılıç and his family celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday every year in Türkiye's Yalova province next to a portrait ...

A team of archaeologists from Southern Oregon University have made the trip down to Los Angeles to help recover the ...

As Christians around the world mark the start of the season of Lent at Ash Wednesday services, the pope is taking part in ...

Lent is a period of prayer, fasting, and giving for Christians. Ashes represent death and repentance, reminding Christians of human mortality. Easter, the celebration of Jesus Christ's ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin offered Christians a unique way to start the Lenten season by dispensing ashes via a drive-thru lane rather ...