Lent
Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".Lent begins in the Catholic Church forty days before Easter always on a Wednesday, which is called "Ash Wednesday".
Ash Wednesday is the first day of lent - a period of 40 days before Easter (not including Sundays). Easter is always on a Sunday, and therefore Ash Wednesday is always on a Wednesday. In 2009 Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday 25th February.
Religious Celebrations in Ireland include: Christmas, Easter, Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday), St. Michael's Carrots (the Feast of St. Michael) and St. Patrick's Day.
because Ash Wednesday is always 40 days before Easter (not including Sundays)
In 1967, Ash Wednesday, the date 46 days before Easter, fell on February 8.
Lent is from Ash Wednesday to Easter but it is a forty day period with giving something up. No meat on Fridays.Answer:There is no mention of Lent in the Bible (the Category for this Question), it being the invention of man.
No. Lent is over at Easter. It is a forty day season from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.
In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is 40 days before Easter, excluding Sundays.
Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday. Which is 40 days before Easter
Pancake Day, also called Shrove Tuesday, always falls on a Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (which is the beginning of Lent and the seventh Wednesday before Easter).
Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter. It actually works out to 40 days if one does not count the Sundays. The season in between is known as the season of Lent.
Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is the Wednesday 46 days before Easter. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox is always on March 21. Easter must be on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25.