Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in Western Christianity. Here's what ash means on Ash Wednesday as well as the history of how this tradition came to be.

“Ash Wednesday is a way of looking ahead to Easter,” Father Morrill said. “And here in the Northern Hemisphere, that also means looking ahead to spring.” Ashes are made from the palms blessed on Palm ...

Rev. Michael Chaney stood on the sidewalk outside a Savannah Coffee shop, offering ashes to go for Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday reminds us that we are part of a vast, recycling masterpiece — to "remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." ...

Ash Wednesday is here and the Christian season of Lent begins for 2026. What we know on date, the 6-week period that leads up to Easter, fasting and more.

The topic of fasting got extra attention in a variety of Aiken-area churches Feb. 18 — Ash Wednesday, marking the start of Lent, with its traditional emphasis on self-denial and inner change.