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Kaushal Mehta
<h1>5 Facts You Need to Know About Ash Wednesday</h1>
Ash Wednesday marks the start of the 40 days of Lent, and not long from now, it falls on February eighteenth. All through the Lenten season, adherents quick, go without and do benevolent acts in arrangement for Jesus' Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Substantial conversed with John Wachowicz, a Seminarian at the Diocese of Rockville Center in New York, to pick up knowledge into the importance of the day and its beginnings. He said, "The fiery remains and fasting of Ash Wednesday help us in going into the penitential season of Lent with the best possible attitude."
Facts about Ash Wednesday: ~
1) It Marks the Start of Lent
2) Believers Abstain & Fast
3) The Bible Doesn’t Mention the Day, But Talks About Ashes
4) Followers Receive Ashes on Their Foreheads
5) Catholics Are Not the Sole Observers
The Ash Wednesday convention began in Western Europe, which is the reason it in not by any stretch of the imagination saw in the Eastern churches.