Pentecost takes place 40 days after Resurrection or Easter.
Easter is 40 days.
50 days after Easter, on Pentecost Sunday
Lent last for 40 days before Easter
Ascension Day actually falls 40 days after Easter, but it is celebrated on the Sunday 6 weeks after Easter.
Lent
No ash Wednesday is exactly 40 days before Easter, it marks the beginning of lent and Easter marks the end of lent. lent is when you are asked to give something you love up for 40 days
Ash Wednesday falls 46 days before Easter. It actually works out to 40 days if one does not count the Sundays. The season in between is known as the season of Lent.
The 40 days before Easter are called Lent.
The church season of Easter lasts 49 days.
It depends on the year. But it is ALWAYS 40 days before Easter. (40 days before is the 'quarta feira de cinzas' so the real carnival begin the Friday before that, and it ends 40 days before Easter)
Lent
40 days before Easter.