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More Stories. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info. Lent traditionally lasts forty days long, mirroring the same period Jesus spent in the desert after his baptism preparing for his death and resurrection. It is officially observed as 44 days by the Catholic Church to allow the six Sundays before Easter to be observed as Sabbath days, free from fasting.
The holy festival is also observed by other branches of Christianity including the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox Methodist and Lutheran churches. Many people choose to give up a luxury or bad habit during the religious festival as a mark of respect to Jesus who refused temptations from the Devil.
Ash Wednesday hails the start of Lent and is preceded by Shrove Tuesday, commonly referred to as Pancake Day, when is it customary to eat pancakes and use up leftover rich ingredients such as butter, sugar and eggs. Easter dates explained.
Eastern Orthodox Churches will start two days Lent two days before Ash Wednesday with a fast in which nothing is eaten from Monday morning to Wednesday night. Worshippers can either have the ashes sprinkled over their heads or have them marked upon their forehand in the sign of a cross.
Despite Lent being a Christian observation, many non-secular people will give something up as a means of proving to themselves that they can do it.
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