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Lent for the year 2024 starts on Wednesday, February 14th and ends on Thursday, March 28 with evening mass on Holy Thursday.
Lent is a Christian annual period that starts on Ash Wednesday lasting for 40 days (not Including Sundays) representing the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness. This 40 day period for Christians is a time to reflect, fast, and give penance in preparation for the resurrection of Christ Easter Sunday.
Is Lent 40 days
Lent for Christians starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on either the evening of Maundy Thursday or on sundown of Holy Saturday (day before Easter Sunday). However the practices of Lent do not end until sundown on Holy Saturday for all Christian denominations. So it is 44 days from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday and another two days with Good Friday and Holy Saturday added to give a total of 46 days for Lent. But Sundays are excluded from fasting during Lent and with 6 Sundays removed from the count we get lent being a 40 day liturgical period.
Days to Lent 2024
Wednesday, February 14th is day number 45 of the 2024 calendar year with -9 months, -8 days until the start of Lent 2024.
| Lent | |
|---|---|
| Name(s): | Lent, Quadragesima |
| Type: | Observance, Christian |
| When: | Begins Ash Wednesday lasting about six weeks and ends just before Easter |
Dates for Lent
| Holiday | Date | Days to Go |
|---|---|---|
| Lent 2023 | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | -639 |
| Lent 2024 | Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | -282 |
| Lent 2025 | Wednesday, March 05, 2025 | 103 |
| Lent 2026 | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | 453 |
| Lent 2027 | Wednesday, February 10, 2027 | 810 |
| Lent 2028 | Wednesday, March 01, 2028 | 1195 |