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Ash Wednesday

Festivals; Easter

The name given to the first day of Lent, which occurs 46 days (i.e. 40 days not counting Sundays) before Easter. It can occur as early as 4th February or as late as 10th March. Ash Wednesday is ...

Paschal

Festivals; Easter

An archaic name for Easter or Passover, taken from the Late Latin 'pascha'.

Easter

Festivals; Easter

Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I calls it the greatest feast , and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter.

Feast of asses

Festivals; Easter

The celebration of the "Festum Asinorum" in mediaeval and ecclesiastical circles was a pastime in which all, from the dignitaries in the upper stalls of the sanctuary to the humblest among the ...