When is Lent in 2024? Lent 2024 dates calendar and timeline.
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Lent is a 40-day period focused on fasting and prayer leading to Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding on Holy Saturday before Easter Sunday. The term "Lent" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "lecten," meaning "spring," symbolizing the lengthening of days. Both Catholics and Protestants participate in forms of fasting and praying during the 40-day period of Lent to honor and remember the suffering of Jesus in the weeks before His death and resurrection.
When Does Lent Start and End in 2024?
Lent in 2024 will commence on February 14th, 46 days before Easter Sunday.
It spans six weeks leading up to Easter and concludes on either Maundy Thursday (March 28th, 2024) or Holy Saturday (March 30, 2024), based on the denomination or tradition you adhere to.
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When does Lent End in 2024?
In 1969, Catholics changed the tradition of ending their Lenten fast on the Thursday before Easter, called "Holy Thursday" or "Maundy Thursday," moving it to March 28th in 2024.
The traditional end of Lent during "Holy Week" was historically observed on "Holy Saturday," which falls on March 30, 2024.
Lent is 40 days long, initiating 46 days prior to Easter Saturday (Sunday, March 31, 2024) and is observed only from Monday to Saturday each week, as Sundays are regarded as celebrations of the Resurrection. This 40-day period symbolizes Jesus' fasting in the wilderness before embarking on his public ministry.
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Top 5 Lent Bible Verses
Matthew 6:16-18 - “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Joel 2:12-13 - “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
Mark 1:12-13 - At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
1 Peter 5:6 - Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
Colossians 2:16-17 - Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Key Dates of Lent for Holy Week 2024
