Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's time for Christians around the world to start preparing for Easter. Soon, you will see Catholics with a black smudge on their ...

The Easter season is fast approaching, and for Christians, it begins with a focus on repentance and self-denial leading up to the holiday the faithful believe celebrates the resurrection of Jesus ...

And Wednesday, Feb. 18, is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent 2026 and the start of the Easter season for many Christians and Catholics. The same day, Ramadan could begin, which is the ...

Even though most Christian festivals are celebrated throughout the world, there are few festivals which are celebrated only in some countries or sometimes only in a particular city or area of a one ...

Tonight, my church will have its first Ash Wednesday service. It’s a nondenominational evangelical church that meets in a high school in the heart of Hollywood, and after 20 years as a congregation, ...

It's time for Christians around the world to start preparing for Easter. Soon, you will see Catholics with a black smudge on their forehead. The smudge will resemble a cross, at best, or a rectangle ...