When is Lent?
Lent Dates 2012
Western Christianity date of Lent 2012
Start of Lent 2012 (Ash Wednesday) - Wednesday 22 February 2012
End of Lent 2012 (Holy Saturday) - Saturday 7 April 2012
Eastern Orthodox Christianity date of Lent 2012
Start of Lent 2012 (Clean Monday) - Monday 27 February 2012
End of Lent 2012 (Friday before Palm Sunday) - Friday 13 April 2012
Countdown to Lent
There are 17 days until Lent.
There are 416 hours until Lent.
When is Lent?
In Western Christianity, Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and lasts 40 days (not including Sundays) until Holy Saturday.
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Lent starts on Clean Monday and ends on the Friday before Palm Sunday.
When is Lent 2012, 2013 and 2014?
What is Lent?
Lent, is the 40 day period of fasting and prayer before Easter. The 40 days represents the time Jesus spent in the desert overcoming temptation by Satan. The period of Lent is preparation for the annual commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus, celebrated during Holy Week.
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