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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

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In the heart of downtown Sacramento, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament opened its doors to hundreds of worshippers on Ash Wednesday.

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St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington is doing their drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings. It allows people with busy schedules and health problems to stick to their tradition of Lent.

On Ash Wednesday, Catholics around the world attend Mass, receive ashes on their foreheads as a sign of repentance, and observe fasting and abstinence as prescribed by Church law.

Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation but what does it signify and what traditions are observed?