Technically, Lent ends on Thursday April 1 before the Mass of the Lord's Supper.
In 2011 Lent begins on March 9th and ends on the 23rd of April.
lent starts on March 9 and ends on April 19
Frank Townsend Lent died in 1919.
40 days after ash Wednesday
No lent does not finish on Easter Sunday, it ends on Holy Sayurday.
The Third Sunday of Lent is not a special feast and would simply be called in Latin "Dominica III Quadragesimae."
In 2011 it will be 3rd. April. This is the fourth Sunday of Lent
Lent in 2009 will begin on Wednesday, February 25th and will last 46 days, ending on Saturday April 11th.
Septuagesima
Lent in 2018 began on Ash Wednesday, which fell on February 14. Lent is observed for 40 days, not counting Sundays, leading up to Easter Sunday, which was on April 1, 2018.
Easter is celebrated in April because Christ was crucified on Good Friday and was resurrected on Sunday morning. The Lent season starts in April, and the First Sunday that comes after the Lent Season is the Easter Sunday. Qaiser
Lent for Western Christians (Catholics, Protestants) ends on 22 March, since 23 March 2008 is the Western date for Easter. Lent for Eastern Orthodox Christians starts on 10 March and ends on 26 April, since 27 April 2008 is the Orthodox date for Pascha/Easter.