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    What is Ash Wednesday?

    Question #107524. Asked by Smokey. (Jul 30 09 12:03 PM)


    papo2228

    		It's the seventh Wednesday before Easter which marks the beginning of Lent according to the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Christians are marked with ashes on their forehead.
    From Answers.com and Roman Catholic Rites by Ramon G. Ferreyra S.J. Editorial Difusion. 1950 Buenos Aires. Argentina.

    Jul 30 09, 12:15 PM
    star_gazer

    		Historical notes: The earliest date Ash Wednesday can occur is 4 February (in a common year with Easter on 22 March), which happened in 1573, 1668, 1761 and 1818. The latest date is 10 March (when Easter Day falls on 25 April) which occurred in 1546, 1641, 1736, 1886 and 1943. Ash Wednesday has never occurred on Leap Year Day (29 February), and it will not occur as such until 2096. The only other years of the third millennium that will have Ash Wednesday on 29 February are 2688, 2840, and 2992. (Ash Wednesday falls on 29 February only if Easter is on 15 April in a leap year.)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

    Jul 30 09, 5:41 PM

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