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[[Image:Palm Cross.jpg|right|Palm Cross.]]
'''Ash Wednesday''' is the first day of [[Lent]] as observed by [[Roman Catholic]] and some [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches. Burnt palms from the previous year's [[Palm Sunday]] are blessed and then used to mark crosses on the foreheads of participants.
'''Ash Wednesday''' is the first day of [[Lent]] as observed by [[Roman Catholic]] and some [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches. Burnt palms from the previous year's [[Palm Sunday]] are blessed and then used to mark crosses on the foreheads of participants.
* "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel."
* "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel."
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==Origins==
==Origins==