Ash Wednesday
The Ash Wednesday is the holy day of fasting and praying in lots of Western Christian denominations. Many Christians are attending a special church service in which churchgoers are taking ashes on their foreheads. The Ash Wednesday has taken its name from a practice that is accompanied by the words of "Repent and believed in the Gospel" and with the dictum of "Remember that you’re a dust, and to a dust you will return." The ashes are being prepared by the burning palm leaves of the previous year of Palm Sunday celebrations. Ash Wednesday is being observed by many denominations within the Western Christianity. Fasting and abstinence Numerous Lent-observing denominations emphasized the making of the Lenten sacrifice, and also fasting and self-discipline or abstinence during this season of Lent, mainly the Ash Wednesday. Lent is the time of fasting for 40 days in advance for the coming Easter, although it’s unclear whether the arranged fasting is applied to every Chr...