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Ash Wednesday and Lent
The Preparation of Easter

Ash WednesdayAsh Wednesday is the beginning of a forty day period where Christians are expected to repent their sins and ask for forgiveness.In several countries the days before Ash Wednesday are characterised by Carnival, while the day before Ash Wednesday is popularly known as Mardi Gras. Carnival and Mardi Gras has become a time for partying before sacrificing during Lent. Mardi Gras has no religious significance.On Ash Wednesday, a special service is called in Christian Churches marking the beginning of lent and signifies repentance with the marking on the forehead with ashes.LentThe origin of the word Lent is very unclear. Some say that the word Lent is derived from Anglo-Saxon languages referring to spring, new life and hope.The lenten period is calculated forty days before Easter. Sundays are not included in the count as they signify Christ's glorious resurrection from death.

Easter (; , Paskha; , Pesakh, "Passover") is the central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Some Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday'Easter Day' is the traditional name in English for the principal feast of Easter, used (for instance) by the Book of Common Prayer, but in the 20th century 'Easter Sunday' became widely used, despite this term also referring to the following Sunday. (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday.

The word Easter is said to be derived from the name of an ancient Pagan Goddess Eostre. Other references to Easter are Sunday of the Resurrection, Pacha and Resurrection Day.

Below are how other countries and languages refer to Easter:

Afrikaans: PaasfeesAlbanian: PashkëtAmharic: (Fasika)Azeri Pasxa: Fish (pronounced fis`h)Berber: tafaskaCatalan: PasquaDanish: PåskeDutch: Pasen or paasfeestEsperanto: PaskoFaroese: Páskir (plural, no singular exists)Finnish: PääsiäinenFrench: PâquesGreek: PaschaHebrew: PaschaIcelandic: PáskarIndonesian: PaskahIrish: CáiscItalian: PasquaJapanese: Seidai PasuhaLatin: Pascha or Festa PaschaliaLower Rhine: German PaiskenMalayalam: Pæsacha/PæsahaNorthern Ndebele: PasikaNorwegian: PåskePersian: Pas`hPolish: PaschaPortuguese: PáscoaRussian: PaskhaScottish Gaelic: CascaSpanish: PascuaSwedish: PåskTagalog: (Philippines) Pasko ng Muling PagkabuhayTurkish: PaskalyaWelsh: PasgBased on "Great Day" or "Great Night:" This is used in most Slavic languages:Bulgarian: VelikdenCzech: Velikonoce Latvian: LieldienasLithuanian: VelykosPolish: WielkanocSlovak: Velká NocSlovenian: Velika noUkrainian: Vjalikdzen'Based on "Resurrection"Bosnian: Uskrs or VaskrsChinese: Fùhuó JiéCroatian: UskrsKorean: BuhwalcholLakota: WoekicetuanpetuSerbian: UskrsOther bases:Estonian: LihavõttedGerman: OsternMaltese: L-Ghid il-KbirTongan: Pekia.