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Lent - Wikipedia
Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year in preparation for Easter. It echoes the 40 days ...
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Lent | Definition, History, Meaning, Catholic, & Practices - Britannica
Lent, in the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before ...
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What is Ash Wednesday and why do people give things up for Lent?
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent, not including Sundays, leading up to Easter. In 2024, Lent starts on 14 February and Easter Sunday is ...
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lent - New Advent
The Teutonic word Lent, which we employ to denote the forty days' fast preceding Easter, originally meant no more than the spring season.
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What Is Lent All About, and Why Is It Important? - Cru
Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter, also known as Resurrection Sunday. Lent is often described as ...
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Lent
Lent, n.1 (lɛnt) Forms: 3–5 leinte, leynte, 4–6 lente, 6– lent. [Shortened from Lenten.] 1. The season of spring. Obs. exc. in Comb. (see 4).c 1275 Lay. 30626 Þar after com leinte [c 1205 leinten] and daȝes gonne longy. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 107 Þe evenes of þe day and of þe nyȝt is ones i...
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What is Lent? | USCCB
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - Thursday, April 17, 2025. Pope Francis receiving ashes during Ash Wednesday service. Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, ...
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Lent: What It Means and Why It Matters
Lent is a 40-day period leading up to Easter. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for spring, when the days lengthen. It's not a biblical command or ...
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Lent, Holy Week and Easter | The Church of England
The season of Lent lasts for forty days (not including Sundays). It is a time when Christians reflect and prepare for the celebrations of Easter. Some people ...
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What is Lent? - Christianity
Lent is a significant season in the year for Christians – a time of solemnity and self-reflection where they confess their failings and resolve to live a more ...
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Lent | Etymology of Lent by etymonline
Lent. (n.) "period between Ash Wednesday and Easter," late 14c., short for Lenten (n.) "the forty days of fasting before Easter" in the Christian calendar (early 12c.), from Old English lencten "springtime, spring," the season, also "the fast of Lent," from West Germanic *langitinaz "long-days," or "lengthening of the day" (source also of Old Saxon lentin, Middle Dutch lenten, Old High German ...
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What is Lent? And When Does Lent Start? - Compassion UK
The Lent dates for 2024 are 14 February - 28 March. When does Lent 2024 end? The last day of Lent 2024 is Thursday, 28 March. When the Lent period ends depends how you count the 40 days as eastern and western churches observe Lent slightly differently. In western churches Sundays are excluded meaning Lent ends on Holy Saturday.
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Lent
Lent/lent; lɛnt/ n(in the Christian religion) period from Ash Wednesday to Easter Eve, the forty weekdays observed as a time of fasting and penitence (基督教的)大斋期, 四旬斋(从大斋首日到复活节前夕为期四十天的斋戒和忏悔) give up chocolates, smoking, meat for Lent 在大斋期戒巧克力、 烟、 肉. lent: pt, pp of lend.
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Lent 2022: What is Lent? When is Lent - and why do the dates change ...
Feb 22, 2022Lent officially begins this year on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. It starts the day after Pancake Day, which will take place on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The first day of Lent is also the celebration of ...
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Lent (disambiguation)
Lent may also refer to:
Christian observances
Great Lent, in Eastern Christianity, the period that corresponds to Western Lent
Jack o' Lent, an event Lent Homestead and Cemetery, a historic cemetery in New York City
Lent, Maribor, an old part of Maribor, Slovenia
People with the surname
Abraham Lent
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