It's the first day of Lent, the 40-day season, not including Sundays, which leads up to Easter Sunday. But this year, getting ...

Lent is the 40-day period preceding Easter that focuses on remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus. Sundays aren't ...

How exactly the churches counted those 40 days varied depending on location. In the East, one only fasted on weekdays. The western church's Lent was one week shorter, but included Saturdays.

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which ...

known as Lent. This involved fasting and later abstinence from certain foods, including eggs. The festal letter of Athanasius in 330 shows that the early church was practising a 40-day fast prior ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter ...

Lent is an important season in the Christian calendar as they prepare for Easter by observing 40 days of Lent, replicating Jesus Christ’s sacrifice in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.

Themes: the Christian festival of Lent; Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; making a sacrifice. Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter.

He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. Lent is a period of 40 days and nights of preparation for Easter. Catholics may celebrate the season in three main ways.