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The day is marked by abstaining from meat and fasting outside of meals, and at mass, the priest marks parishioners with an ash cross on their foreheads. Parishioners leave Ash Wednesday mass at St ...

Video. Catholic devotees in Manila lined up outside Baclaran Church for Ash Wednesday, receiving ash crosses made from blessed palms, marking the start of Lent.

The Catholic faithful in Manila marked Ash Wednesday with long lines stretching outside Baclaran Church as they waited to receive the traditional ash cross on their foreheads. The ashes, made from ...

The Catholic faithful in Manila marked Ash Wednesday with long lines stretching outside Baclaran Church as they waited to receive the traditional ash cross on their foreheads. The ashes, made from ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in Manila, Philippines as Catholics in this predominantly Roman Catholic ...

Why do people wear ashes on their forehead? During Ash Wednesday, some churches mark the foreheads of worshipers with ashes in the shape of a cross. The ashes, made from palm branches from the ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. Ash Wednesday ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

Filipino Catholics observe Ash Wednesday with tradition of ash cross Catholic devotees in Manila lined up outside Baclaran Church for Ash Wednesday, receiving ash crosses made from blessed palms ...