Sometimes people read T S Eliot’s sequence of six poems, Ash Wednesday in the hope of understanding better Ash Wednesday, which falls on February 18 this year. But that is round the wrong way.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

“Ash Wednesday is a way of looking ahead to Easter,” Father Morrill said. “And here in the Northern Hemisphere, that also ...

Everything you need to know about Christians receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday.

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday is just weeks away, falling on Feb. 18 this year. The observance marks the start of Lent, the season leading up to Easter; it is one of five key periods on ...

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent 2026. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.