You can if you'd like to.
it depends on their rite. but usually, the catholic church gives ashes at lent.
Lent lasts 40 days and in that time we need to give up something that we find hard to be without, be it a food type or whatever.after the 40 days we can have this thing back in our life, we give it up because the Lord fasted for 40 days.
Lent changes every year because the dates for Easter change. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moo after the March equinox. So whenever Easter is will determine when Lent is. As Easter changes its date every year, so does Lent.
You don't really have to prepare for Lent. I guess, in order to prepare for Lent you could start thinking about what you want to give up for Lent.
lent is the 40 days that Jesus fasted in the wilderness. that's when the devil tempted Him. look in Matthew,Mark,or Luke. i think John has it to if Luke doesn't. during the 40 days of lent, most people give up something they love like chocolate or soda or TV. i do it every year and it's hard at first, but you get used to it. then when the 40 days are up, you can have that thing that you gave up. just remember that you don't have to give something up, we as Christians do it as a reminder of what Jesus did for us.
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter sunday. To participate in Lent in the Catholic religion, you have to fast, or give up, meat on Ash Wednesday and every Friday until Easter Sunday. Also, if you are not a small child, you have to give up something additional. You have to give up something that could harm you or be bad for anyone in some way. For example, you could give up TV or video games. i am giving up meat for the whole lent instead of just fridays. i am also going to stop gossiping because it could hurt others. Lent in Christianity means giving up dairy for the whole lent i think. Im not sure about Christianinity because i am not Christian, but i am positive for Catholicism.
Lent ends the same day every year. Easter Sunday
Nothing.
No, Lent is a different liturgical season from Ordinary Time.
"Give me back the book I lent you!"
The lent season means to sacrifice or to give up something that you don't really need.
Lent is celebrated differently by everyone. Usually you will give up something for lent or take up some form of betterment.