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Ash Wednesday/Beginning of Lent (Christian)

Name: Ash Wednesday/Beginning of Lent (Christian)
Start: 2020-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-02-26T23:59:59-05:00

February 26, 2020

The beginning of the 40-day season of Lent. Catholics and Protestants will have ashes applied to their foreheads in the shape of a cross, symbolizing penance, mourning and mortality

A day of fast and abstinence from meat for Catholics over the age of 14.

Details

Date:: February 26, 2020
Event Categories:: 2020, Christian, February

Golden Rule

"Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself."

Baha'l
The Baha'i Faith