what is lent and when does it start and finish ?

Answer 1

lent begins on ash wednesday and ends at easter.

Answer 2

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday (the day after Shrove Tuesday) and ends at Easter.

You are supposed to give up something you love for lent, chocolate for example.

Answer 3

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (day after Pancake/Shrove Tuesday) and lasts for forty days and nights, ending at Easter. During lent one thing that you enjoy (chocolate/alcohol/cigarettes/etc) should be sacrificed - this represents the forty days and nights that Jesus spent in the desert. It is traditionally observed by those of the Catholic faith.

Answer 4

Lent is the 40 days of abstinence it begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on easter Sunday you give up something i.e. chocolate, meat and on easter Sunday the money you have saved by not buying those things you giive to the church., It is meant to represent Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness

Answer 5

Lent is a Catholic tradition. You don't eat meat on fridays and you have to give up one thing that you really love, sacrifice it if you will, one week before Easter and then you can have it again after that week. Not eating meat on Fridays begins on ash Wednesday and goes until easter.

Answer 6

Money is lent you Started by borrowing £100 and you Finish
paying back £200 well you do with the provi robbin bastars

Answer 7

It's the forty days before Easter when Christians traditionally prepare for that feast by fasting (going without rich food). It's based on the New Testament story of the forty days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert.

Answer 8

it's not widely known but it's when judas borrowed 3000 sheckles from Jesus, about 2 days before he graased on him, that's why it's called lent, cause it was lent him.