A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

On Wednesday ... smudged on their foreheads. Many more will head to church on their lunch break or after work to receive a cross of ashes on their face. This year, Ash Wednesday — a solemn ...

During Ash Wednesday, some churches mark the foreheads of worshipers with ashes in the shape of a cross. The ashes, made from palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday service ...

Ash Wednesday is today, marking the start of Lent and the Christian Easter Season. The holy day, also known as the Day of Ashes, has roots all the way back to the Middle Ages. While most commonly ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

Across Christian denominations, Ash Wednesday marks the first of 40 days of Lent. The ashes are made from the blessed palms used in the Palm Sunday celebrations the previous year, christened with ...

The ashes placed in the sign of a cross on worshipers' foreheads on Ash Wednesday are supposed to be made from last year's Palm Sunday palm branches, according to the Catholic News Agency.

Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a priest, pastor or minister during church services. Ashes are a symbol of ...