Barbadians marked Ash Wednesday in churches across on the island, a tradition that occurs every year to signal the season of Lent.
The services included the imposition of the ashes, where people received the mark of a cross on their foreheads with ashes, a symbolic act of repentance and preparation for Lent.
Children from the St Leonard’s Boys’ School, Westbury Primary School and Wesley Hall Primary made their way from their respective compounds into the chapel of the St Leonard’s Anglican Church at Westbury Road, where they received a thought-provoking message about temptation from Rev Sonia Hinds
The Lenten season begins on February 18, 2026 and will end on April 5, 2026 on Easter Sunday. (AJ)
