Ash Wednesday

I am dust and to dust I will return, but today I live and yearn to do so in God’s love.

February 18, 2026

Ashes on the Way

Old South Church is pleased to continue our tradition of offering holy conversation, prayer, and ashes on Boylston Street to passersby from 8:30am-5:30pm. 

Noon Ash Wednesday Service

Held in Gordon Chapel, this simple service of prayer, silence, confession, and imposition of ashes mark our entrance into the reflective and somber season of Lent.

Evening (6pm) Ash Wednesday Service

Join us for this gentle service of word, prayer and music, concluding with the imposition of ashes.