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This can be considered a trick question since the answer depends on your definition of Lent, which can be different based on the church you follow. Lent has two starting days, Ash Wednesday and Clean Monday. So, it stands to reason that Lent has two ending days. When most people ask "When does Lent end? Liturgically, which means basically if you follow along in the Roman Catholic rulebook, Lent ends two days earlier on Holy Thursday. Until the revision of the calendar in , the Lenten fast and the liturgical season of Lent were coextensive; meaning both began on Ash Wednesday and ended on Holy Saturday.
One answer that is commonly given to the question "When does Lent end? In most cases, this stems from a misunderstanding of Holy Week , which some Catholics incorrectly think is a separate liturgical season from Lent. As paragraph 28 of the General Norms shows, it is not. Sometimes, it stems from a misunderstanding of how the 40 days of the Lenten fast are calculated. You can calculate the day that Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday fall on to determine the end of your Lent observance. Lent is observed as a solemn period.
It is a time to be penitent and meditative and in order to do that there are certain things that believers do to mark their sorrow and devotion, including not singing joyful songs like Alleluia , giving up foods , and following rules about fasting and abstinence.
For the most part, the strict rules lessen on Sundays during Lent , which is technically not considered part of Lent. The first remark of a day period of fasting in preparation for Easter is seen in the Canons of Nicaea AD It is considered that the custom may have arisen from the early church tradition of baptismal aspirants enduring a day period of fasting in preparation for their baptism at Easter. Eventually, the Lent season developed into a time of spiritual commitment for the whole church.
Through the primary centuries, the Lenten fast was very stringent but loosened over time. While Catholics and Protestants celebrate Lent ; observing Lent is more popular among Catholic believers, but the tradition is growing among evangelicals. According to a LifeWay Christian Research study:.
Eastern Orthodox Christians also celebrate Lent but on a slightly different schedule. The BBC states,. The western church excludes Sundays which is celebrated as the day of Christ's resurrection whereas the eastern church includes them. The churches also start Lent on different days. Eastern churches start Lent on the Monday of the 7th week before Easter and end it on the Friday 9 days before Easter. Eastern churches call this period the 'Great Lent'.
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