Ash wednesday

[catholicgirl89]

i had a question maybe some of you could help me with… tomorrow is ash wednesday right? Some people say its tomorrow while others say its march 5. Which do catholics recognize this year?
thanks

 

[mommy]

catholicgirl89:

i had a question maybe some of you could help me with… tomorrow is ash wednesday right? Some people say its tomorrow while others say its march 5. Which do catholics recognize this year?
thanks

Ash Wednesday is Tomorrow, Feb 9. I don’t believe it is different from religion to religion, all the (secular) calendars I have say tomorrow.

 

[Dr.Colossus]

Remember that Ash Wednesday changes from year to year. Perhaps you are looking at a previous year’s schedule, when Easter fell much later than it does this year?

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I think that certain of the Eastern Churches use the Julian rather than the Gregorian Calendar. Their Easter, and hence Ash Wednesday, fall a month later than ours because of differing definitions of when the spring equinox occurs.

 

[Benedictus]

But the Eastern Churches don’t have Ash Wednesday. The Great Fast begins on Monday for them.