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Catholics in the Philippines mark the start of Lent attending Ash Wednesday services. Rough Cut - Subtitled (No reporter narration)
Dili, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- East Timorese Catholic worshipers gathered Wednesday to receive black soot marks on their foreheads as they observed Ash Wednesday at a Catholic church in Dili. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day Lent period leading up to Easter, during which Catholics pray, fast and give alms. (Camera: ANTONIO DASIPARU).SHOT LIST: CATHOLICS OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY AND PRAY AT A CHURCH IN DILI, EAST TIMOR.
Colombo, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Catholic devotees in Sri Lanka took part Wednesday in a holy mass to mark the Ash Wednesda in Sri Lankan capital.Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day Lent period leading up to Easter, during which Catholics pray, fast and give alms. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES TAKE PART IN A HOLY MASS TO MARK ASH WEDNESDAY AT THE ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Manila, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Filipinos gathered at churches throughout the Philippines on Wednesday to have their foreheads marked with a sooty cross sign to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the 40-day Catholic Lent season.Ash Wednesday is typically observed in the majority-Catholic country as a day of fasting, where devotees skip at least one full meal per day and abstain from eating meat and indulging in other worldly desires, such as drinking alcohol.Lent, which lasts about six weeks in the Christian calendar, is meant to prepare believers for Easter through prayer, repentance and reflection and commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels. The Philippines is the largest majority-Christian country in Asia, with 85.8 million practicing Christians, nearly 86 percent of whom are Roman Catholic. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE TO RECEIVE ASH ON TOP OF THEIR HEADS DURING A HOLY MASS TO MARK ASH WEDNESDAY AT THE BACLARAN CHURCH IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Quezon City, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Filipinos gathered at churches throughout the Philippines on Wednesday to have their foreheads marked with a sooty cross sign to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the 40-day Catholic Lent season.Ash Wednesday is typically observed in the majority-Catholic country as a day of fasting, where devotees skip at least one full meal per day and abstain from eating meat and indulging in other worldly desires, such as drinking alcohol.Lent, which lasts about six weeks in the Christian calendar, is meant to prepare believers for Easter through prayer, repentance and reflection and commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels.The Philippines is the largest majority-Christian country in Asia, with 85.8 million practicing Christians, nearly 86 percent of whom are Roman Catholic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: CATHOLICS OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY AND PRAY DURING A HOLY MASS AT AN OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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