Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls six and half weeks before Easter each year.

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, coincides with Valentine's Day this year, and some Christians may have to keep the V-Day celebrations for a later date. Worshippers aged 18-59 are expected to ...

For Western churches Lent begins every year on Ash Wednesday. This year it begins on March 1. The date varies from year to year, starting in either late February or early March. However ...