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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). | + | '''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]]. |
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
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| + | * http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=2870 | ||
| + | * http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.htm | ||
[[Category:Christian Rites]] | [[Category:Christian Rites]] | ||
Revision as of 17:17, January 18, 2008
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.