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What and when is Easter?
Celebrations of Easter have been documented as early as the 2nd century.
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What do eggs have to do with Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
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Somber worshipers attending an Ash Wednesday mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew...
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Worshipers receiving ashes on their forehead on Ash Wednesday.
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Parishioners attending a service on Ash Wednesday.
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