Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in the Christian calendar. It is a day of repentance, reflection, and fasting, observed by many denominations, including Catholics, Anglicans, and Methodists. During Ash Wednesday services, worshippers receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross as a sign of humility and a reminder of human mortality. The ashes, made from palm branches used on the previous year’s Palm Sunday, symbolise repentance and the call to turn away from sin in preparation for Easter.
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