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Why Christians wear ashes for Ash Wednesday and give up their favorite things for Lent

Dwight Adams, El Paso Times Comments Off on Why Christians wear ashes for Ash Wednesday and give up their favorite things for Lent

Ash Wednesday is the start of the six-week period of Lent, an important time of the year for Christians that leads up to Easter.

      
Dwight Adams, El Paso Times
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