please be very clear
2006-10-01 02:16:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ash Wednesday till Holy Thursday evening is Lent. The dates change each year because its tied to the Paschal/harvest moon. Next year, its 21 Feb till 5 April. (or at least that is for Roman Catholics)
2006-10-01 02:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by fathermartin121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It begins on ash wednesday.....for Catholics. It is approx. 40 days, echoing Moses' time in the desert and Jesus going out into the wilderness for forty days after his baptism in the Jordan. You may recall that there he was tempted by the devil. On Ash Wednesday, we as Catholics put ashes on our foreheads, with the words 'dust thou art and onto dust thou shalt return'. Through Lent we use it as a time of fasting and preparation for the death and resurection of jesus, through his death of Good Friday, and his resurection on easter Sunday. (The peiod known as ramadan has similiar connotations ie. fasting - for the Muslim faith.) That is why there was the tradition then on easter Sunday of celebration, as Jesus is alive and risen from the dead.
2006-10-01 09:29:56 · answer #2 · answered by Ultimate 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lent is for Catholics. Christians do not celebrate Lent because it is not mentioned in the Bible.
2006-10-01 09:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by Pearly Gator 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Begins week of ash Wed...than on to Good Friday.....thur Palm Sunday....to..Easter Sunday
2006-10-01 09:22:44 · answer #4 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it starts on Ash Wednesday which is 47 days before Easter Sunday. however it's is primarily a Catholic thing.
2006-10-01 09:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soemtime i think before easter
2006-10-01 09:18:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋