1 It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.

2 Archbishop Winning celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass attended by about 200 students.

3 On Ash Wednesday order is restored.

4 Is Ash Wednesday a Christian holiday?

5 It begins on Ash Wednesday.

6 So the Christians will begin to fast after Ash Wednesday?

7 The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter.

8 Witnesses report seeing less smoke and ash Wednesday but say the volcano spit out flaming material up to 15 meters into the air.

9 There was no real religion, at home or in school, so Erica had never noticed the gray thumbprints on Ash Wednesday, on the foreheads of the old and the Polish.

10 Traditionally made of papier-mache by mascherari, the masks are used during Carnevale celebrations that envelop Venice for two weeks before Ash Wednesday.

11 Traditionally made of papier-mache by mascherari, the masks are used during Carne celebrations that envelop Venice for two weeks before Ash Wednesday.

12 The last time Australia saw such horrific conditions was during the Ash Wednesday wildfires of 1983, which killed 75 people and razed 2, 500 homes.

13 Carnival is an annual celebration before Lent, a 40-day period of fasting that precedes Easter. The dates of Carnival vary each year depending on the date of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

14 The New Orleans Carnival season begins annually on January 6 and culminates in Mardi Gras,[] the "Fat Tuesday" before Ash Wednesday.

15 Think of foot washing this way: just as we wear ashes on our heads to produce repentance on Ash Wednesday, so we wash feet on Maundy Thursday to inspire humility and service.

16 The dates of the carnival vary year depending on the date of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

17 Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is a celebration, sometimes called "Carnival," practiced around the world, on the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday.