Clean Monday
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Clean Monday, also known as Pure Monday, Green Monday or simply Monday of Lent is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the sixth Monday befor
Kite-flyers on Clean Monday on Philopappos Hill, Athens, Greece
Leavened lagana with sesame seeds
Flying a kite during Clean Monday in Greece
Ash Wednesday
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Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent: the seven weeks of prayer, fasting, and alm
Clean Monday
…the first nutrition that Christians will have during the Lent. Outside the Orthodox Church, it could be sometimes called "Ash Monday", by analogy with Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent in Western Christianity). The term is often a misnomer, as only a small subset of Eastern Catholic Churches practice the imposition…
A cross marked in ash on a worshiper's forehead
The faithful receive ashes during the celebration of the Mass in an Evangelical-Lutheran parish church.
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness (Jésus tenté dans le désert), James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum
A priest blesses ashes.