CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s Episcopal bishop and other church leaders will be making it easier for Christians to observe Ash Wednesday by providing “Ashes to Go” in several locations.
The Rev. Robert Hirschfeld will be administering ashes in Eagle Square in Concord from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, along with the rectors of St. Paul’s Church and Grace Church.
Others will be offering “Ashes to Go” in downtown Portsmouth and Plymouth.
Ash Wednesday is marked by prayer and fasting, and those who observe it have ashes placed on their foreheads as a reminder of human mortality.
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