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    Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of...
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    The Ash Wednesday bushfires, known in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II, were a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia in 1983...
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  • Ash Wednesday (sometimes Ash-Wednesday) is a long poem written by T. S. Eliot during his 1927 conversion to Anglicanism. Published in 1930, the poem deals...
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  • Ash Wednesday in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ash Wednesday is a Christian religious holiday. Ash Wednesday may also refer to creative works: Ash...
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    aligned by the astrological signs of Gemini and Virgo.[citation needed] Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Western Christian tradition, occurs forty-six...
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  • Ash Wednesday is the debut studio album by singer songwriter Elvis Perkins, released on February 20, 2007, on XL Recordings. It is a chronologically sequenced...
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  • Ash Wednesday is a 2002 American crime drama film written and directed by Edward Burns. It stars Burns alongside Elijah Wood and Rosario Dawson. The film...
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    In Lent-observing Western Christian denominations, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later; depending on the Christian denomination...
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  • Ash Wednesday is an Australian musician, who played in JAB, Models and Einstürzende Neubauten. Wednesday was a founding member of JAB, an Australian punk...
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    Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of...
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    Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries through participating...
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  • Ash Wednesday is a 1973 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Elizabeth Taylor. It was produced by Dominick Dunne. The screenplay...
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    make the ashes used during the services held on the very next day, Ash Wednesday. The term "Carnival" is traditionally used in areas with a large Catholic...
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    an American folk-rock musician. He released his debut studio album, Ash Wednesday, in 2007. He subsequently toured in support of the album with his band...
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    The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 5–9, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Also known as the Great March Storm of...
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  • sidewalks and railroad stations, to distribute ashes to people on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the penitential season in the Christian liturgical...
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    make the ashes used during the services held on the very next day, Ash Wednesday. During the liturgical season of Lent, believers have historically abstained...
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    for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition). Mardi Gras is...
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    the Special Group champion parades once more on the Saturday after Ash Wednesday.[citation needed] As of 2018, LIESB handed over the management of the...
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    1983 Code of Canon Law and the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and where possible, throughout Holy Saturday, both abstinence...
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    Christian Churches, is the last pre-Lenten Sunday, being the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and the first day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide). It is also...
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    Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The word translates to "Fasting Night" or “Almost Night” in English...
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  • before Ash Wednesday SZ, NW, OW LU, UR, BL, SG, AG, TI Ash Wednesday NW SZ, BL, AR, TI, JU Friday after Ash Wednesday TI Monday after Ash Wednesday BS BL (Lower...
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    Carnival, July/August Curaçao — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday Dominica — Carnival, February, Ash Wednesday Dominican Republic — Dominican Carnival, February...
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  • 2016 to 29% in 2020. On 14 February 2018 during a speech commemorating Ash Wednesday in Demmin, Merkel said "ich bin überzeugt, wir schaffen das" (English:...
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  • The first Ash Wednesday fires were a series of bushfires that began in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, on Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. 51 homes...
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  • – February 28 Ash Wednesday – March 2 Good Friday – April 15 2023 Ash Wednesday – February 22 Good Friday – April 7 2024 Ash Wednesday – February 14 Good...
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    that takes place in the period between the Thursday before Ash Wednesday and Ash Wednesday. Carnival Thursday is called Altweiber (Old women day) in Düsseldorf...
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  • Ash Wednesday (Spanish: Miércoles de ceniza) is a 1958 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International...
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    lasts for six days, beginning on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday and concluding on Ash Wednesday at noon. The term may also be used to comprise related...
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