Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is sometimes in February and sometimes in March. It is not on a specific date. ...

Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Anglicans.

Yes.

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The ashes are burnt from the palms of the past year's Palm Sunday and they represent the sin that we have and the death that we will face (as in "for dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return" Genesis 3:19). That sounds really morbid, but it's a way to begin and prepare yourself for the season of Lent, remembering sins and the redemption that has been given to us all. ...

The seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Christians receive a cross from ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality. It is the beginning of lent. Ashes from blessed palms are mixed with Holy water and a cross is marked on the persons forehead. "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust" this is where the body came from and this is where it will return. The Soul (essence of a person)...

February 7th

The Sunday after Ash Wednesday is the First Sunday of Lent.

yes it does

Yes, but if you are giving up crab for Lent, no.

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It can be any of these three that the priest will say: Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return. - Genesis 3:19 Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel. -Mark 1:15 Repent, and hear the good news. Then the lay people reply with an AMEN! after he says either of those....

Ash Wednesday is always 47 calendar days before Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox (March 21). Lets use 2011 as an example. The first full moon after the vernal equinox is Monday April 18th. Easter Sunday is the next Sunday after that (Sunday, April 24th). Now, subtract 47 days: March 9th is Ash Wednesday. ...

Probably has to do with getting cremated after you die. Ha, ha, ha! No it is part of the Anglican (Church of England, Episcopalian) burial service: "ashes to ashes, dust to dust". Ashes and dust are synonymous terms which mean "dirt". (This is why "ashcan" means the same as "dustbin") The sense is that we start out as dirt (see the book of Genesis for the story of Adam being created from dirt) and we end up as dirt. Our physical...

Every country if they allow it and also if there are Catholics in the country. ...

you should not consume it as , you are suposed to be fasting.

Ash Wednesday, which is February 22, 2012.

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The ashes used on Ash Wednesday are from palm trees. If possible, they are from the palms used the previous year on the Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday). ...

Ashes are black and catholic people lke the colour black This is obviously a very young responder. The exact date of origin of Ash Wednesday is not known. There is documentation of the celebration dating to the 8th century, but there is also some information which suggests the custom dates back to even earlier than that. It was not observed as "Ash Wednesday" until sometime in the 11th century. The modern interpretation of the ashes is to remind us of our mortality...

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Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras. Actually, the day before Ash Wednesday is more properly known as "Shrove Tuesday". ...

The liturgical year begins in Advent.

Catholics age 14 and up must refrain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. ...