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Ash wednesday/ Lent?
alright, well, I'm mormon, born and raised.
anyway, I have no clue what Ash Wednesday and Lent are, my friend had a big black mark on her head, and i asked her what it was, she just said ash wednesday, then i offered to go out with her on saturday to get something to eat and she cant. i asked her why, and she said Lent? What are these? what religion is it, and why??
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its roman catholic religon. ash wednesday is the beginning of lent. lent it technically when you give up something you like/love for forty days. the black thing on her head was ashes, it symbolizes the cross or christs death. our holiday is kinda weird to you, but its what we beleive in.
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The Religion is Catholic and on Ash Wednesday Catholics go to Church to get Ashes on our foreheads in the shape of a cross and the priests say "You are of ashes and to ashes you shall return." In other words, God made us from dust and when we die we will return to dust or go to Heaven. Lent is when Catholics sacrifice something for 40 days in Honor of Jesus going in the desert and fasting for 40 days. So Sundays are the only days we're aloud to have the things we gave up for 40 days, and on Fridays if you're 14 or older you can't eat meat or snack between meals. But it's only for Catholics, and only during Lent season! It's a tradition.
Hope I helped.
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ash wednesday is the beginning of lent. you get ashes on your head in the sign of the cross. this is for christians like catholics. lent is the 40 days before easter that Jesus Christ was out in the desert being tempted by the devil basically. and you know that good friday is the friday before easter, the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross. And 3 days later he rose from the dead (Easter). this is in a nutshell of course. Hope i helped. Oh and Lent people give up something dear to them, like soda or something they feel they cant live without to shadow how Jesus didnt have food or drink for the 40 days. and no meat on fridays. Ash Wednesday and Good friday you are supposed to fast.
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The religion is catholic. Lent is when you give up something you love for 40 days. It will end on April 1st this year, and then you can continue doing whatever it was that you gave up. Your friend maybe could have given up going out to restaurants, eating a certain type of food that she likes, it could have been anything, which is why she couldn't go. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, where when you go to church the priest will mark you with ashes, which is what your friend had on her forehead. I hope I helped!
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