In Christianity, Lent is a season of spiritual discipline, cleansing, and fasting which occurs in the forty days excluding Sundays, which are not considered a part of Lent, before Easter - a feast celebrating the resurrection of the Christ.
A forty day period in the Church Year starting with Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Sunday. It is a time to focus on the suffering of Christ to pay for the sins of the world
An old English word meaning "Spring." In modern usage Lent is a 40 day period of self-denial/sacrifice starting on "Ash Wednesday" and leading up to Easter, as practiced (in particular) by the Roman Catholic Church.
One of the four periods set aside each year when we are called upon to fast and pray fervently. Before Pascha the lent is called: GREAT LENT or GREAT FAST.
We celebrate Lent, forty days of preparation, before Easter.
The period of 40 days and nights before Easter observed by Christians commemorating the passion of Jesus Christ
The 40 days, from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week. Represents the40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness.
Lent is the period of fasting and penitence, which, on the Christian calendar, leads up to the festival of Easter. It begins with Ash Wednesday and the fast is broken with break fast on Good Friday. Halfway through Lent, the fast can be broken for Mothering Sunday.
A Christian time of reflection and preparation for Holy Week and Easter. A forty day time of intense devotion, it is observed by fasting, frequent worship and acts of charity. The season begins on Ash Wednesday.
In Orthodox churches, the first day of Lent marks the beginning of The Great Fast, the final six weeks of a 10-week period leading up to Holy Week and Easter (Pascha). In the churches that follow the Gregorian calendar, Lent is a six-week observance (40 days excluding Sundays) beginning with Ash Wednesday and culminating in Holy Week. It is a time of repentance and sacrifice in preparation for Easter. (Christianity)
In the cycle of the Christian year the season of lent begins 40 days before Easter. It is a season of devotion and preparation prior to Easter.
a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
a journey with Jesus toward Jerusalem, the city of his longing, the city of his dying, the city of his new birth
the forty days preceding Easter; a period of fasting
A forty-day season of penitence in preparation for Easter. The three practices of Lent are prayer, almsgiving and fasting.
A period of 40 days of fasting in preparation for Easter. Christians traditionally give up something to remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness which ends on Easter Day.
the 40-day period of penance that leads up to Easter.
A fast of forty days (Excluding Sundays), observed annually from Ash Wednesday till Easter as a season of penitence and self-denial
(Christian) Forty-day period of preparation for Easter; A time of intense devotion, it is observed by fasting, frequent worship and acts of charity
The 40 days before Easter, marking Christ's sojourn in the wilderness after his baptism.
a forty day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Usually it is accompanied by some form of prayer and fasting.
the season of 40 days which starts on Ash Wednesday and ends with the celebration of the Easter Vigil on Easter morning. During this is a time of fasting (optional) and penance. Usually people also give up something so that they can grow closer to God as they abstain from whatever they have given up. (BCP 166 – 167, 218 – 219)
The season of the church year from Ash Wednesday to Easter (40 days, not counting Sundays).
the second of three terms in the academic year, between Christmas and Easter..
The 40-day period of fasting, sobriety and meditation following Ash Wednesday; ends on Palm Sunday. See " Ash Wednesday" and " Palm Sunday."
A season in the Church Year lasting the six weeks before Easter.
The season of Lent follows the Epiphany season and covers the 40 days (not counting Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. It is a time of preparation for Holy Week and Easter. Many people use this time to deepen their spirituality by taking on spiritual or other disciplines (prayer would be one example, giving up meat another). Our liturgy is more introspective and less celebrative during Lent. Penitence is the order of the day. See Lent at Christ Church Cathedral.
A forty-day season of penance and conversion to prepare for Easter and baptism (or the renewal of baptismal vows). Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends before the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.
Period of fasting. The Orthodox Church observes four lenten periods during the year with the greatest of these the fasting period before Easter.
The Catholic holiday of which the Trinidadian Carnival was celebrated for.
A period of spiritual preparation for Easter. It starts 40 days before Easter Sunday in the Roman Catholic church. It starts eight weeks before Easter in the Eastern Orthodox churches. In the early Church, recent converts were taught in preparation for their baptism.
A six week period extending from Ash Wednesday to sundown on Holy Thursday. It is a retreat time in preparation for the Easter Triduum.
The period of fasting, sobriety and meditation following Ash Wednesday; in the past Lent was widely associated with denial or "giving something up for Lent.": "I gave up smoking for Lent." Or, "I gave up desserts for Lent." The season recalls the period of Christ's fasting and meditation in the wilderness, so traditionally is for a period of forty days--from Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday. The term is derived from an old word for 'lengthen' which referred to the lengthening days of early spring; The season of penitence and preparation for Holy Week and Easter which begins on Ash Wednesday (see BCP, 264-65).
The penitential period of preparation before the celebration of Jesus' resurrection. Its 40-day duration (not counting the Sundays in Lent) begins on Ash Wednesday which can occur as early as Feb. 4 and as late as Mar. 10, depending on the date of Easter. In the early church, Lent developed as a time of intense instruction for those who would be baptized at the Easter Vigil. The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for "spring" and the Old English word for "lengthen," as in the lengthening of days with the approach of spring (in the northern hemisphere).
Lent is the season of repentance and preparation beginning on Ash Wednesday, forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). The term seems to be derived from the German word "Lenz" (the spring season).
In Western Christianity, Lent is the period (or season) from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. In Eastern Christianity, the period before Easter is known as Great Lent to distinguish it from the Winter Lent, or Advent (known in Greek as the "Great Fast" and the "Nativity Fast", respectively). This article discusses Lent as understood and practiced in Western Christianity, except where noted.
Lent (album) is the first Album by Dallas Crane, released in 1998. However, this album has become very rare these days.