Ash Wednesday 2023 | Diocese of Buffalo

Ash Wednesday 2023

Ash Wednesday will be celebrated on February 22, 2023. On Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which is observed everywhere as a fast day, ashes are distributed.” (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, nos. 27-29) Ashes are blessed and imposed after the homily. These ashes are of branches of the olive tree, or, according to custom, of the palm tree or other trees, which have been blessed the previous year. 

The event is finished.

Date

Feb 22 2023
Expired!

Time

All Day