Traditionally, Catholics and some other Christians don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday nor on any Friday during lent.

Many Christians observe Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18, which begins the 40 days of Lent ahead of Easter on April 5.

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The officiant typically says, "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," a stark reminder that death is part ...

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

Christians across Central Georgia celebrated Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, a 40-day period where many remember the 40 days Jesus fasted in the desert.

More than a thousand parishioners attended Ash Wednesday Masses at the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The Rev. Donald Higgs presided over all four Masses.