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lent is celebrated to show our penance to God for all the sins we have committed

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Yes. Easter is a Christian Holiday which happens 40 days after Lent each year.


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Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter" and the reverent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful anticipation of the Resurrection.


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When is lent over 2011?

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Why does the Lent season change every year?

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.


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May 13 UK answer; Mother's day, or Mothering Sunday is always celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Since Lent begins on a different date each year, Mother's Day is on a different day each year. This year, 2012, Mother's Day was on the 18th of March.


What time of year does lent happen?

Lent starts in late winter, or early spring, depending on the date of Easter. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, occurs forty days before Easter. ------------------------------------------------------------- Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes the day after Good Friday (part of Easter). As Easter is timed to occur on the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox, it is not fixed in relation to the normal yearly calendar and the date of lent therefore moves each year.


When does lent end for lutherns 2011?

Lent ends the same day every year. Easter Sunday


Does Lent happen at the same time every year?

No. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes the day after Good Friday (part of Easter). As Easter is timed to occur on the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox, it is not fixed in relation to the normal yearly calendar and the date of lent therefore moves each year.


What day does lent end in Christianity during 2010?

In the year 2010 lent will come to a end on Easter sunday.