It is on Holy Thursday.
Lent.
St. Patrick's day commonly falls during the Christian seasonal observation of Lent. When St. Patrick's day falls on a Friday, Christians are usually given permission to eat meat on that Friday even though it is generally avoided during Lent.
St. Patrick's Day is of significans especially to Christians because it falls during the christian lent season and because they built the first christian church here in the U.S.
lent
St. Patrick's Day is of significans especially to Christians because it falls during the christian lent season and because they built the first christian church here in the U.S.
Fat Tuesday is called so because it is the last day before the Christian season of Lent begins, during which people traditionally indulge in rich, fatty foods before fasting and abstaining from certain foods during Lent.
It happened during Lent.
We do Penance usually on Lent because we ask forgiveness for all our trespasses and repaired what is the defect in our soul.Penance can be expressed in many and various ways but above all in fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. These and many other forms of penance can be practiced in the daily life of a Christian, particularly during the time of Lent and on the penitential day of Friday.
There are various Holy Days which occur during Lent. For most of the world, St. Joseph is a Holy Day of Obligation on March 19, Ireland has a Holy Day of Obligation for St. Patrick on March 17. There are other important feasts that *usually* occur during Lent, such as the Annunciation on March 25, the Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle on 22 February. Note that any day that falls during Holy Week in any particular year is not observed or is transferred until after Low Sunday (the Sunday after Easter).
The First Mass of Lent is the Mass on Ash Wednesday, at which ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful after the homily. It has no special name, and despite the fact that it isn't even a Feast or a Solemnity, it has two readings before the Gospel, like a Solemnity (in the old Calendar it carried the rank of First Class-apparently it has no ranking at all anymore, not even that of an optional memorial, rather strange).
The holy month for Christians is the period of the great lent, 40 days of fasting.
In the year 2010 lent will come to a end on Easter sunday.