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[[Image:Palm Cross.jpg|right|Palm Cross.]]
[[Image:Ash wednesday.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Ash Wednesday is the first day of [[Lent]].]]
'''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]]. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and [[repentance]] to [[God]]. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms or Palm Crosses from the previous year's [[Palm Sunday]] are burned.<ref name="Description">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QQpXwIt3ihAC&pg=PA25&dq=ash+wednesday&hl=en&ei=OdV2TfXYHcyArQH4oNCHCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=ash%20wednesday&f=false| title = Preaching the Calendar: Celebrating Holidays and Holy Days |publisher = [[Westminster John Knox Press]]|quote=We are wise, therefore to explain, whether in the course of the homily or in the church bulletin or newsletter, something of the meaning of the day: of ashes as an ancient symbol of loss and repentance; of the historic words spoken during the imposition of the ashes, "Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return"; of the practice in many religious communions of using ashes made from the palms of the previous year's Palm Sunday; and, of course, that the imposition of ashes is a sign of mourning and repentance.|author=Ellsworth Kalas|accessdate = 8 March 2011}}</ref> This practice is common in most of [[Christendom]], being celebrated by [[Catholic]]s, [[Lutheran]]s, [[Methodist]]s, [[Presbyterian]]s, and [[Anglican Church|Anglicans]].<ref name="Denominations 1">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oTtcFiGbW2kC&pg=PA98&dq=lent+lutheran+catholic+methodist&hl=en&ei=4NF2Tf3LLsL_rAGmtoBf&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=lent%20lutheran%20catholic%20methodist&f=false| title = Comparative Religion For Dummies|author=William P. Lazarus, Mark Sullivan|publisher = [[For Dummies]]|quote=This is the day Lent begins. Christians go to church to pray and have a cross drawn in ashes on their foreheads. The ashes drawn on ancient tradition represent repentance before God. The holiday is part of Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopalian liturgies, among others.|accessdate = 8 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="Denominations 2">{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u2ZV_f4uZUEC&pg=PA137&dq=lent+lutheran+catholic+methodist&hl=en&ei=4NF2Tf3LLsL_rAGmtoBf&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=lent%20lutheran%20catholic%20methodist&f=false| title = An Ecofeminist Perspective on Ash Wednesday and Lent|publisher = Peter Lang|quote=In the twentieth century, the imposition of ashes became part of the liturgical experience of not only Roman Catholics, but Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans as well.|author=Sylvia A. Sweeney|accessdate = 8 March 2011}}</ref>
Either of the following phrases are said when ashes are placed on the participant's forehead:
Either of the following phrases are said when ashes are placed on the participant's forehead:
* "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel."
* "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel."
==Origins==
==Origins==
Ash Wednesday has been practiced since at least 1091, and there is evidence of similar rites as early as the sixth century AD.
Ash Wednesday has been practiced since at least 1091, and there is evidence of similar rites as early as the sixth century AD.
==See Also==
==See also==
* [[Fat Tuesday]]
* [[Fat Tuesday]]
* [[Genesis]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203:19&version=31 3:19]
* [[Genesis]] [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203:19&version=31 3:19]
* [[Lent]]
* [[Lent]]
* [[Roman_Catholic_Church|Roman Catholic Church]]
==External links==
==External links==
[[Image:Palm Cross.jpg|right|Palm Cross.]]
* [http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0204.asp American Catholic - History of Ash Wednesday]
* [http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0204.asp American Catholic - History of Ash Wednesday]
* [https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/state-union-the-origins-and-meaning-of-ash-wednesday/article_67a4c0bb-bd04-5c29-ad26-09ab249caf4e.html#:~:text=Ash%20Wednesday%20gets%20its%20name,church%2Dgoers%20on%20Maundy%20Thursday. The origins and meaning of Ash Wednesday], Oleans Times Herald
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ash-Wednesday-Christian-holy-day Ash Wednesday], Britannica
*[https://www.museumofthebible.org/magazine/featured/the-biblical-foundations-of-lent-and-ash-wednesday The Biblical Foundations of Lent and Ash Wednesday], Museum of the Bible
*[https://time.com/4210001/ash-wednesday-ash-forehead/ The Long History Behind Ash Wednesday Traditions], Time magazine
* [http://www.history.com/minisites/easter/viewPage?pageId=685 History of Easter] From the History Channel.
* [http://www.history.com/minisites/easter/viewPage?pageId=685 History of Easter] From the History Channel.
Videos:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A3GnUWqGN4 The World History of Ash Wednesday]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFROyS-RfoM The History & Biblical Meaning of Ash Wednesday & Lent | EWTN News Nightly]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D42QdabPD2g What is the Origin of Ash Wednesday and is it Biblical? Ash Wednesday explained]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-I5SnMRg Ash Wednesday]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Observances]]
[[Category:Observances]]