Wednesday - Named Days

Named Days

  • Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Western Christian tradition, occurs forty six days before Easter, (forty, not counting Sundays).
  • Holy Wednesday, sometimes called Spy Wednesday in allusion to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot, is the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter.

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