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Feb 22, 2023

On This Ash Wednesday, The Metro Station Is Their Church

Ashes to Go helps busy Christians celebrate the holy day on their commutes.

Feb 12, 2013

With ‘Ashes to Go,’ Church Comes to You on Ash Wednesday

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and a group of churches are teaming up to bring traditional services to Metro stations and street corners.

Feb 28, 2006

Flippin’ Nuts

National Cathedral clergy will showcase their mad skillet skillz this afternoon for the annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race. According to the Cathedral’s Web site, the eighth annual race builds on a tradition dating back to fifteenth-century, where Christians cooked foods like pancakes to get their fill of eggs and fat before Lent started on Ash Wednesday. At around 12:30 pm – after the noon Eucharist – Cathedral staff and students from Cathedral schools with join…

 
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