Metro Detroit Christians mark Ash Wednesday as start of Lent
Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron, who is retiring, celebrated his last Ash Wednesday Mass at the city's St. Aloysius Catholic Church on Washington Boulevard.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...
An Ash Wednesday Mass was reportedly held in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Office Building, adjacent to the White ...
A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith ... it is one of the most highly-attended masses of the year. Typically, the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service ...
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
Many in Orange County’s faithful community marked the start of the solemn season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services.
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