SAN ANGELO – Ash Wednesday will be observed by Christians on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 marking the beginning of the season of Lent, which is the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter.
According to a recent report, In a year when disrupted supply chains have seemingly delayed everything, it makes sense: Even our holidays will keep us waiting in 2022.
The arrival of Ash Wednesday this week marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, culminating in Easter, when Christians celebrate Jesus' resurrection. Easter Sunday is considered a "moveable feast," meaning its position on the calendar can vary.
Roman Catholic tradition sets the holiday on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox, the start of spring.
That's a mouthful, but the upshot is that Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25.
This year, the first full moon of the spring — the Paschal full moon, as Christians call it — comes on Saturday, April 16, pushing Easter to the 17th. It's the first Easter on that date since 1960 and the latest since 2019, when the festival fell on April 21.
According to a tally on the U.S. Census Bureau website, April 25 Easters, the latest possible, are exceedingly rare, occurring only 1% of the time in the last 400 years. The previous one came in 1943, and the next won't arrive until 2038.
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