'''Lent''' in the [[Christian]] [[calendar]] is the forty-day period of [[atonement]] and fasting that begins on [[Ash Wednesday]] and ends on Holy Saturday (the day before [[Easter]] Sunday).
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'''Lent''' in the [[Christian]] [[calendar]] is the forty-day period of [[atonement]] and fasting that begins on [[Ash Wednesday]] and ends on Holy Saturday (the day before [[Easter]] Sunday). It commemorates [[Christ]]'s 40 days of prayer and fasting in the wilderness after his [[baptism]] by [[John the Baptist]].