For the Orthodox, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year commemorate the betrayal of Jesus ( Wednesday ) and the Crucifixion of Christ ( Friday ).

Some Baptist, Pentecostal, many Sabbatarian and non-denominational churches oppose the observance of Good Friday, regarding it as a papist tradition, and instead observe the Crucifixion on Wednesday to coincide with the Jewish sacrifice of the Passover Lamb ( which Christians believe is an Old Testament pointer to Jesus Christ ).

In the Orthodox Church, the theme of Holy and Great Wednesday is the commemoration of the sinful woman who anointed Jesus before his Crucifixion and Burial ; a second theme is the agreement to betray Jesus made by Judas Iscariot.

In 1958, Pope Pius XII declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

Turner once called observers of Ash Wednesday " Jesus freaks ," though he apologized, and dubbed opponents of abortion " bozos.

The devotion was eventually approved by Pope Pius XII in 1958 and he formally declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

* Holy and Great Wednesday — The anointing of Jesus at Bethany ()

In some churches, the Holy Mystery ( Sacrament ) of Unction is celebrated on Holy and Great Wednesday, in commemoration of the anointing of Jesus ' feet in preparation for his burial ().

Eventually Pope Pius XII approved the devotion in 1958 and declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the day before Ash Wednesday ) for all Catholics.

* Holy Wednesday, sometimes called Spy Wednesday in allusion to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot, is the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter.

Some have argued that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, not Friday, on the grounds of the mention of " three days and three nights " in before his resurrection, celebrated on Sunday ; others have countered by saying that this ignores the Jewish idiom by which a " day and night " may refer to any part of a 24-hour period, that the expression in Matthew is idiomatic, not a statement that Jesus was 72 hours in the tomb, and that the many references to a resurrection on the third day do not require three literal nights.

The Roman Missal thus provides a formula with appropriate chant ( in the tone of the Exsultet ) for proclaiming on Epiphany, wherever it is customary to do so, the dates in the calendar for the celebration of Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday, Ascension of Jesus Christ, Pentecost, the Body and Blood of Christ, and the First Sunday of Advent that will mark the following liturgical year.

Pope Pius XII approved the devotion and the medal and in 1958 declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday ( the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday ) for all Roman Catholics.

* Great and Holy Wednesday: Anointing of Jesus with myrrh by Mary of Bethany ( Sister of Lazarus and Martha ) in the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany ; also, the Holy Unction ( 4 days )

In Western Christianity, the Wednesday before Easter is sometimes known as " Spy Wednesday ", as a reference to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot., indicating that it is the day that Judas Iscariot first conspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for thirty silver coins.

A growing body of Biblical scholars and commentators-particularly those of Fundamentalist Churches-claim the traditional Holy Week calendar is inaccurate and Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, not Friday.

If Jesus was crucified in 30 A. D. or 31 A. D., the 14th of Nissan would have fallen on a Wednesday, with the next day being an Annual Sabbath.

The significance of receiving Unction on Holy Wednesday is shored up by the hymns in the Triodion for that day, which speak of the sinful woman who anointed the feet of Christ ().

The dismissal at the end of services on Wednesday begins with these words: " May Christ our true God, through the power of the precious and life-giving cross ...."

The first portion extends from the day following the Feast of the Baptism of Christ until the day before Ash Wednesday ( the beginning of Lent ).

The 25 December Nativity of Christ was attested very early by Hippolytus of Rome ( 170 – 236 ) in his Commentary on Daniel 4: 23: “ The first coming of our Lord, that in the flesh, in which he was born at Bethlehem, took place eight days before the calends of January, a Wednesday, in the forty-second year of the reign of Augustus, 5500 years from Adam .” Another early source is Theophilus Bishop of Caesarea ( 115-181 ):" We ought to celebrate the birth-day of our Lord on what day soever the 25th of December shall happen.

on this night when Christ became our Passover sacrifice " or the Eastern Orthodox Troparion for Great and Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, which warns the Christian community " Behold the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night and blessed are those servants he shall find awake.

The Matins service for Monday through Wednesday of Holy Week is known as the Bridegroom Service or Bridegroom Prayer, because of their theme of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church, a theme expressed in the troparion that is solemnly chanted near the beginning of the service.

The Matins service for Monday through Wednesday of Holy Week is known as the Bridegroom Service or Bridegroom Prayer, because of their theme of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church, a theme movingly expressed in the troparion that is solemnly chanted during them.

On a Wednesday, in Passiontide, a Procession of Christ the Redeemer walks through " Strada Rjali " ( Ħamrun Main Road ).

This program allows all 12th grade students to participate in cooperative education or an internship opportunity for the full business day each Wednesday.

In the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, a longstanding dispensation allows Catholics to consume muskrat on Ash Wednesday, and the Fridays of Lent ( when the eating of meat, except for fish, is prohibited ).

After spending two nights ( Wednesday and Thursday ) in Catskill, the deputies again headed for the Vermejo to finish their business.

The tax bill will be up for reconsideration Wednesday in the House when the Legislature reconvenes.

In his opening address Wednesday the Rev. Mr. Zimmerman, urged the delegates to consider a 10-year expansion program, with `` Breakthrough '' the theme for the first two years.

Prior to the featured race, the stewards announced that apprentice James P. Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday.

Miss Katherine Vickery, who attends Sweet Briar College in Virginia, will rejoin her father, Dr. Eugene Vickery, at the family home in Richmond pl. Wednesday for part of the Carnival festivities.

`` Flip '' Phillips for a return engagement at Fireside Steak Ranch Wednesday ; ;

In announcing Jorda's return, the orchestra also announced that the sale of single tickets for the 50th anniversary season will start at the Sherman Clay box office on Wednesday.

Shakespeare had a word for everything, even for the rain that disrupted Wednesday night's `` Much Ado About Nothing '' opening the season of free theatre in Central Park.

Various markets are held in the Market Hall, for example: Tuesdays – retail market, which also stretches into the town hall car park and temporarily the Cattle Market, while Brewery Yard car park is regenerated ; Wednesday – flea market ; 4th Thursday of the month a farmers ' market ; Friday – retail market ; Saturday – retail market ( also in the town hall car park ); 3rd Sunday of the month – antique fair ; 2nd Saturday – craft fair.

At this point, the ITV network became complete and the programme was broadcast almost continuously across the country at 19: 30 on Monday and Wednesday for the next twenty-seven years.

In Western Christianity, Easter is preceded by Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days ( not counting Sundays ).

I was then in graduate school at University of Florida and in the habit of meeting with a group of friends every Wednesday evening for dinner, drinks, and conversation.

Margarete saw it as her duty to invite the wives of the senior SS leaders over for afternoon coffee and tea on Wednesday afternoons.

A third album in the Connick on Piano series, Chanson du Vieux Carré was released in 2007, and Connick received two Grammy nominations for the track " Ash Wednesday ", for the Grammy awards in 2008.

Sunday afternoons and weekday nights ( especially Tuesday and Wednesday ) are common times for sessions to be scheduled, on the theory that these are the least likely times for dances and concerts to be held, and therefore the times that professional musicians will be most able to show.

Major and his government were responsible for the United Kingdom's exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) after Black Wednesday on 16 September 1992, after which his government never gained a lead in the opinion polls.

The Conservative majority proved too small for effective control over his backbenchers, particularly after the United Kingdom's forced exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) on " Black Wednesday ", 16 September 1992, just five months into the new parliament, when billions of pounds were spent in a futile attempt to defend the currency's value.

Major kept his economic team unchanged for seven months after Black Wednesday before he replaced Norman Lamont with Kenneth Clarke as Chancellor of the Exchequer, after months of press criticism of Lamont and disastrous defeat at a by-election in Newbury.

He was also, however, perceived as a weak and ineffectual figure, and his approval ratings for most of his time in office were low, particularly after " Black Wednesday " in September 1992.

In this case, the reasoning for John's going to work ( because it is Wednesday ) is unsound.

* Earliest day on which International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction can fall, while October 14 is the latest ; observed on the second Wednesday of October ( Hawaii )