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Lent is a holy time celebrated in the Christian calendar, and the dates change every year. Find out when the event that leads up to Easter Sunday starts and when Lent ends in 2023.
Other ways to observe Lent can include participating in more-frequent church services (or daily Mass for Catholics, according to the USCCB), and sharing resources with those less fortunate. Both ...
Lent begins Feb. 14 and runs through March 28 in 2024. According to britannica.com , the early Christian church observed Lent over a six-week period or 36 days with fasting except on Sundays.
Fasting in the Orthodox Church is more than simply abstaining from certain foods. During the Great Lent Orthodox Faithful intensify their prayers and spiritual exercises, go to church services more often, study the Scriptures and the works of the Church Fathers in depth, limit their entertainment and spendings and focus on charity and good works.
Following the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the Blessed Sacrament is placed on the Altar of Repose in the church for adoration. During the Seven Churches Visitation, the faithful visit several churches – traditionally seven, very rarely fourteen, sometimes no set number depending upon the particular practice – to pray before the Blessed ...
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Here's what to know about Lent, when it is this year and the centuries-old traditions surrounding the 40-day period.
The stational liturgy of the early Roman Church had an important part in determining the various readings for strong liturgical seasons, such as Lent. For example, in the pre-1970 Missal, the Gospel for the Thursday after Ash Wednesday was always Matthew 8:5–13, the healing of the centurion's servant.