This special service replaces our usual 5.30pm choral eucharist and will include the imposition of Ashes and the choir singing the beautiful Allegri Miserere.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and marks the start of forty days of penitence and fasting, remembering the forty days Jesus fasted in the wilderness.
On Ash Wednesday, many Christians attend church and receive the sign of the cross marked in ash on their foreheads as a sign of penitence and an expression of trust in God.
Often, the ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made by burning the previous year’s palm crosses.
The service sheet is available on our “Latest News” page Latest news – All Saints Church