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The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

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(Barry Williams/ New York Daily News) Ted Dawson receives ashes and purple glitter from Rev. Amanda Hambrick-Ashcraft by the Stonewall Inn National Monument in Manhattan, New York on Wednesday ...

The holy day, also known as the Day of Ashes, has roots all the way back to the Middle Ages. While most commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church, it is observed by many Western Christian ...

Image caption, The 'obituary' which helped make the Ashes into one of the most legendary sporting rivalries. The next day in the Sporting Times, a young English journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks ...