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Ash Wednesday marks the official beginning of Lent, a 40-day liturgical season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving leading up to Easter. In 2026, Ash Wednesday falls on February 18.

Key Meaning and Significance

Repentance and Mortality: The day serves as a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God.

The Symbolism of Ashes: Worshipers receive ashes on their foreheads, typically in the shape of a cross. These ashes are usually made by burning the blessed palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday.

Liturgical Phrases: During the imposition of ashes, a priest or minister typically says:

"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." (Genesis 3:19)
"Repent and believe in the Gospel." (Mark 1:15)

Ramadan...
Ash Wednesday...

What a combi
Religious activities here and there...

Nigerians are so religious, but are Nigerians pious?

Which one is Ash Wednesday again?

Shebi you Christians have designed new Fastings for yourselves and abandoned the one Jesus did.

Different Churches with different Fasting period while ignoring Jesus' Fasting period.

Just call it the begining of Catholics and Anglican Fasting

Lent is here,i am so happy!!

Mynd44:
Ash Wednesday marks the official beginning of Lent, a 40-day liturgical season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving leading up to Easter. In 2026, Ash Wednesday falls on February 18.

Key Meaning and Significance

Repentance and Mortality: The day serves as a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God.

The Symbolism of Ashes: Worshipers receive ashes on their foreheads, typically in the shape of a cross. These ashes are usually made by burning the blessed palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday.

Liturgical Phrases: During the imposition of ashes, a priest or minister typically says:

"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." (Genesis 3:19)
"Repent and believe in the Gospel." (Mark 1:15)

Many thanks for this message. May you be greatly blessed for it.

LabStores:
Ramadan...
Ash Wednesday...

What a combi
Religious activities here and there...

Nigerians are so religious, but are Nigerians pius?

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No single Nigeria is pius. Not even half a Nigeria like half caste or mixed bloods.

The ones that call themselves pius are standing on their Juju backed Altars in the Churches sleeping with both married and single women

We start Ash Wednesday in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit amen. Hear our prayers oh Lord and answer all our supplications this period of lent amen

Fasting also begins tomorrow so which one we go do

if you like copy messiah or paedophile na your hand e dey

if you like chop for early momo if you like no chop till night na your hand e dey

I use to waste my time and resources going to receive ash on Wednesdays mornings.

Don't know wedar it exist again.

Lent starts tomorrow Wednesday for some Christians
Ramadan for the Muslims also starts tomorrow
What a year to be alive to witness the coincidence.

PulaPower:
The Ash Wednesday is useless to Mankind..

The people that brought you this religion are Bedophiles, R@pist, Rac!st, & terrible people..

Yeah because humans are generally nasty people, not religions

As for paedo, one thing you guys need to realize is that paedos join professions that give them access and authority over kids. That's why for example a lot of teachers are paedos.

Yet from your argument, no one should go to any form of schooling because teaching is evil. Even madrassahs. Because there might be a pedo.

But hey, you want to make this a religion beef.

LabStores:
Ramadan...
Ash Wednesday...

What a combi
Religious activities here and there...

Nigerians are so religious, but are Nigerians pius?

The most religious and at same time the most corrupt! There's a lesson about organized religion somewhere there

No traces here atall,tomorrow must be great,

Religion is the padlock of the brain....

Ash Wednesday is observed by Catholics, but they are not making a big deal out of it unlike Muslims who have been shouting and announcing their starving campaign for months

More faithful to thee O Lord.

killsmith:
Religion is the padlock of the brain....

Christianity is also largely the reason why you can say that

Don't waste your time doing one rubbish fasting, even oyinbo wey give una papa religion have abandoned the rubbish.

Now na HIV dem dey share give African women, FOLLOW ME

May God answer our heart desires this fasting period.

Amen in Jesus Mighty name 🙏

Another Pagan Practice

Catholic is a freemasonary cult

But I will still choose them over pentecostal

nairalanda1:
Christianity is also largely the reason why you can say that

Religion limits your thinking, consciousness and existence to a small finite set of rules.

killsmith:
Religion limits your thinking, consciousness and existence to a small finite set of rules.

Because you think that humans are good and all that

If lack of religion worked, the USSR would have surpassed the USA and would still be here.

Also Christianity is in many ways responsible for the scientific method you so worship.

EnEnPeecee:
We start Ash Wednesday in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit amen. Hear our prayers oh Lord and answer all our supplications this period of lent amen

You forgot to mention Mary in this prayer as a Catholic

Or you have stopped praying to or through her?

nairalanda1:
Because you think that humans are good and all that

If lack of religion worked, the USSR would have surpassed the USA and would still be here.

Also Christianity is in many ways responsible for the scientific method you so worship.

You are limiting religion to Christianity, I'm talking religion as an abstract concept.


It has been scientifically proven that religious fundamentalism affects the prefrontal cortex and cause brain damage.

Is all Gonna burn to ashh

If you no fit eat meat this lent period carry am come I mount.

killsmith:
You are limiting religion to Christianity, I'm talking religion as an abstract concept.


It has been scientifically proven that religious fundamentalism affects the prefrontal cortex and cause brain damage.

Well,the atheists in the Soviet union and many other communist countries got rid of religion and yet their countries failed

Religion also doesn't cause brain damage as you think it does , unless you want to say that religion causes strokes and brain tumors and traumatic brain injury to the affected, which are by the way the only scientifically proven ways of damaging the prefrontal cortex

And can you provide a link to the study proving religion damages the prefrontal cortex?

Ash wednesday should be a public holiday in d north.

killsmith:
You are limiting religion to Christianity, I'm talking religion as an abstract concept.


It has been scientifically proven that religious fundamentalism affects the prefrontal cortex and cause brain damage.

Studies show that preexisting damage to parts of the brain may cause an increase in religious fundamentalism. Not that religion damages the brain as you think.

Also not every religious person is a fundametalist