Ash Wednesday observed in Philippines

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Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent in the Catholic World, was marked by thousands of Filipino Catholics who flocked to Quiapo church to be anointed with ash on their foreheads as a symbol of their repentance.

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in Society, on the 22nd of February 2012

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A person with forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are gathered from the previous year's Palm Sunday.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A priest anoints the faithful with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A couple seen after having their foreheads anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A couple seen after having their foreheads anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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Ash Wednesday and mosque.

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A woman and child seen after having their foreheads anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A woman seen after having her forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A woman seen after having her forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A woman seen after having her forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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A person seen after having their forehead anointed with ash as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.

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Ash Wednesday is anointing ashes on the forehead as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned and mixed with the first rain water of the year.

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Tags anoint, Ash Wednesday, catholic, forehead, Lenten, Quiapo Church

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