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What Is 'Ash Wednesday' and Why Is It Celebrated?
Why exactly is this day celebrated? We'll go over the history of Ash Wednesday in the Christian church, answer whether or not ...
Why do we celebrate Ash Wednesday? Why do you get ashes? Here's what to know
Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...
Ash Wednesday is today — start of Lent. How long is it? Why Christians wear ashes, give things up
Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we ...
What is Ash Wednesday? What happens today? First day of Lent starts Easter season
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...
Pope Francis blesses ashes to mark Ash Wednesday; health stable
Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics ...
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Around the world, faithful celebrate Ash Wednesday, start of Lenten season
March 5 (UPI) --The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter. Ashes "revive in us the memory of what we are," but also ...