Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, lasts 40 days not counting Sundays and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter.
There are 46 days because Sundays are not included during Lent. Some say that Sundays aren't counted in the 40 days of Lent, because every Sunday carries with it a part of the glow of Easter Sunday. So it's not all gloom and doom. But even on the Sundays, the theme of repentance (turning from our ungodly ways) holds true. When you repent, you please God whether you fast or not, and that is what most counts for Lent. Others say that Sundays are not included because Lent is a serious time but Sundays are always a day of celebration in the Christian Church.
46 for Protestants & 44 for Catholics - Sundays don't count because they aren't supposed to be fasted on.
40 days, but most Christians do a modified fast by say, giving up a food or fasting once a week.
Christians during lent fast for a period of 40 days.
from ash wednesday to easter sunday
40 days!
Lent last for 40 days before Easter
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Yes I do celebrate lent for forty days.
No. There are 40 days in Lent, not counting Sundays.
40 days and 40 nights :D
There is no lent in Buddhism in any direct sense, there are many days of particular significance for different traditions but noting hat I think cold correspond to a lent or lenten day.
Lent traditionally lasts for 40 days to represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. However, in some Christian denominations, the Sundays in Lent are not counted, which is why Lent may last more than 40 days in some years.
Lent last for 40 days which makes it 6 weeks as per the Roman Catholic Church.
Sundays are not included when counting the amount of days in Lent.
40 days
They fast for lent. Lent is 40 days between ash Wednesday and Easter.
Lent is the 40 days of fasting done by Jesus in the wilderness, after he was baptized by John.