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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent in the Western Christian liturgical year. Lent is a season of spiritual discipline, cleansing, and fasting which occurs in the forty days (excluding Sundays which are not considered part of Lent) before Easter.
On Ash Wednesday, a priest or pastor marks a cross on the forehead of parishioners. The ashes are obtained from the burned palms used in the previous year's Palm Sunday celebration. This ritual is blessed with a passage from Genesis 3:19: "for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." The ashes symbolize repentance and purification.

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圣灰节

在西方基督教仪式年，圣灰星期三是大斋节的第一天。大斋节是复活节前四十天基督徒虔诚忏悔、洁身克己和禁食的季节（除周日外，周日不属于大斋节）。

在圣灰星期三这一天，主礼神父在教徒们的前额划十字。灰是往年“圣枝瞻礼” 祝圣过的一些树枝枯叶烧成的。仪式进行的时侯，主礼神父口诵经文（圣经3:19）祝福：“你是昨日出于灰，来日也归于灰！”，灰是悔过和净化的象征。