Lent

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Christian observance liturgical season

Lent is a solemn Christian liturgical season of prayer, fasting, and penitence that prepares believers for the celebration of Easter.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Lent canonical	75
Great Lent	31
Season of Lent	2
Fridays of Great Lent	1
Great Fast (Lent)	1
Great Lent (Coptic observance)	1
Great Lent in Eastern Christianity	1
Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite	1
Passiontide	1
Sunday in Lent	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian observance ⓘ liturgical season ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lenten season ⓘ Quadragesima ⓘ
associatedWith	Paschal Triduum ⓘ surface form: Easter Triduum Holy Week ⓘ Passion of Jesus ⓘ
calendarType	movable observance ⓘ
characterizedBy	almsgiving ⓘ fasting ⓘ penitence ⓘ prayer ⓘ
commemorates	Jesus Christ’s 40 days of fasting in the desert ⓘ Jesus’ temptation by Satan in the wilderness ⓘ
contrastsWith	Easter as a season of joy ⓘ
determinedBy	date of Easter ⓘ
duration	40 days in Western Christianity (excluding Sundays) ⓘ approximately 6 weeks ⓘ
emphasizes	conversion of heart ⓘ preparation for baptism or renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ repentance ⓘ
endsBefore	Resurrection Sunday ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday
endsOn	Holy Saturday in many traditions ⓘ
fastingObligation	varies by denomination ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose	preparation for Easter ⓘ
hasSymbol	ashes ⓘ cross ⓘ desert imagery ⓘ
includesDay	Good Friday in many traditions ⓘ Maundy Thursday in many traditions ⓘ Palm Sunday ⓘ
includesPeriod	Holy Week in many traditions ⓘ
liturgicalColor	purple ⓘ violet ⓘ
observedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran churches ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church many Reformed churches ⓘ
precedes	Easter season ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
seasonIn	liturgical year ⓘ
startsOn	Ash Wednesday ⓘ
typicalPractice	abstinence from certain foods ⓘ abstinence from meat on specific days ⓘ acts of charity ⓘ confession of sins ⓘ increased prayer ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ

Referenced by (115)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantSeason → Lent ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasLiturgicalYear → Lent ⓘ

Easter → associatedPeriod → Lent ⓘ

Good Friday → season → Lent ⓘ

Ordinary Time → precedes → Lent ⓘ

Ordinary Time → excludes → Lent ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → hasLiturgicalSeason → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Coptic Rite → liturgicalSeason → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent (Coptic observance)

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → liturgicalUse → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → celebratedDuring → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → associatedWithSeason → Lent ⓘ

Lutheranism → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Lent ⓘ

Eastertide → follows → Lent ⓘ

St. Patrick's Day → liturgicalSeason → Lent ⓘ

Paschal cycle → includesSeason → Lent ⓘ

Paschal cycle → includesPeriod → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent in Eastern Christianity

Methodist churches → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Lent ⓘ

Stations of the Cross → practicedDuring → Lent ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → observesFast → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Maundy Thursday → liturgicalSeason → Lent ⓘ

Sorrowful Mysteries → liturgicalSeasonAssociation → Lent ⓘ

Anglican rite → hasSeason → Lent ⓘ

General Roman Calendar → hasComponent → Lent ⓘ

Dormition Fast → relatedFast → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Paschal Triduum → follows → Lent ⓘ

Ash Wednesday → marksBeginningOf → Lent ⓘ

Great Compline → liturgicalSeasonEmphasis → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Triodion → usedDuring → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Apostles' Fast → relatedTo → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Octoechos → excludes → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Coptic Orthodox Church → fastingTradition → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Syriac liturgical year → hasSeason → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Syriac liturgical year → includesFast → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Quadragesima → hasEnglishName → Lent ⓘ

40 Days and 40 Nights → hasTheme → Lent ⓘ

Christian liturgical year → includesSeason → Lent ⓘ

Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts → performedDuring → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Lent

Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts → associatedWithDay → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fridays of Great Lent

Forty Hours Devotion → mayCoincideWith → Lent ⓘ

Carnival → precedes → Lent ⓘ

Great Fifty Days → seasonAfter → Lent ⓘ

Easter Alleluia → associatedWithPeriod → Lent ⓘ

Time after Epiphany → precedes → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Season of Lent

Marian antiphons → associatedWithSeason → Lent ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Lent → partOf → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Season of Lent

Fifth Sunday of Lent → marksBeginningOf → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passiontide

Fifth Sunday of Lent → occursDuring → Lent ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Lent → hasLiturgicalRank → Lent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunday in Lent

Great Week → isLinkedTo → Lent ⓘ

Carnaval de Orizaba → occursBefore → Lent ⓘ