Lent is a 40-day period of penitential preparation for Easter, involving fasting, abstinence, and almsgiving, in imitation of Jesus Christβs fasting in the wilderness. In Western churches, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter. In Eastern churches, it begins on the Monday of the seventh week before Easter and ends on the Friday before Holy Week.
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