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Tag: Ash Wednesday

Posted inBrookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody

Ash Wednesday mark reminds us ‘we are made of dust’

by Ellen Eldridge February 14, 2015February 6, 2015

Once a year, some Christians start preparing for Easter by having priests mark their foreheads with ashes. The ashes physically remind them of their mortality. The holy day of Ash Wednesday, which arrives Feb. 18 this year, begins the annual 40-day period called Lent, which leads to and ends with Easter. In some churches, Ash […]

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