In the Roman calendar in place in 1962, the last two weeks of lent were called (in English), "Passiontide". There were subtle changes in the liturgy during this time to denote the deepening Lenten observance of the passion and death of the Lord... for example, the psalm Iudica me at the foot of the altar was not said. Passiontide started on the second Sunday before Easter (the 5th Sunday in Lent-- the weekend after Laetare Sunday) and was labeled Dominica Prima Passionis (the first Sunday of the Passion). The following Sunday was simply Dominica II Passionis seu Palmis, or "the Second Sunday of the Passion or (Sunday) of Palms". On this day and through the week (Holy Week), the liturgy would become even more solemn with the distribution, blessing, and procession with palm branches on Sunday and the reading of the passions from the different gospels on Sunday and the other days of the week. In the present calendar, Passiontide is more or less equivalent to Holy Week, with little additional outward observance compared to the rest of Lent. Two seemingly vestigial practices are observed in the current liturgy. First, the prefaces of the Passion of the Lord may be used from the fifth week of Lent, on. Second, there is a small note after the Saturday Mass of the 4th week of Lent in the current missal which notes that the crucifix and statues may be covered in the Church, according to instructions from the Conference of Bishops. (I suppose that, based on these observances, one could argue that Passiontide continues to be observed in the last two weeks of Lent with its growing focus on the Passion and death of the Lord.)
Prior to Vatican II the fifth Sunday of Lent was known as Passion Sunday. However, in 1969 Pope Paul VI combined Passion Sunday with the 6th Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday.
It is called lent, jesus prayed during lent for 40days and 40nights to his father during the temptations of satan.
The fourth Sunday in Lent is called "Laetare Sunday". On this Sunday in Lent priests may wear Rose-colored vestments for the liturgy. The purpose of the Sunday is to encourage the Faithful who have come through four weeks of Lent in fastings and prayers. Laetare Sunday therefore is a festive interlude amid the highly penitential season of Lent.
It's just called Lent.
Lent last for 40 days which makes it 6 weeks as per the Roman Catholic Church.
Yes. Lent is over 6 weeks long, so people will go to church often during Lent.
The "First week of Lent" follows the "First Sunday" of Lent. --- Ember Week --- In the Roman Catholic ChurdThe term "Ember Week" fell out of use in the Catholic calendar after the first Vatican Council
Lent is called 'le Carême' in French.
The answer is in the names they are days in Lent one starts it the other is to remember the Friday Jesus died.
Catholics don't eat eggs on lent so on Easter is a time when you can finally eat eggs after the long weeks of lent
The Froth Sunday of Lent
It's usually celebrated before the forty days of fasting called Lent. Depending on the place, it can be up to two weeks before Lent or begin straight after Epiphany. The day of the most celebrations, however, is Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, which is right before Ash Wednesday when Lent officially begins.