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What is the first day of Lent?
The first day of Lent is Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a day of prayer and fasting on which many Christians attend services to receive ashes on their foreheads. The ashes serve as a reminder of one's mortality. They also serve as a sign of repentance.
What is the first day of Lent? Ash Wednesday.
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Ash Wednesday follows Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras is a day of self-indulgence celebrated before the start of Lent and its 40 days of abstinence and fasting. The self-indulgence is supposed to be reasonable.
Lent is a 40-day season of the liturgical year when Catholics practice abstinence, prayer and fasting to drawn themselves close to Christ.
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