Ninth Grade B

LENT

Lent  is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical 

calendar of many Christian denominations that begins 

on Ash Wednesday and covers a period of approximately 

six weeks before Easter Sunday. The traditional purpose 

of Lent is the preparation of the believer 

through prayer, penance, repentance of 

sins, almsgiving, atonement and self-denial. This event, 

along with its pious customs are observed by Christians in 

the Anglican, Calvinist, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman 

Catholic traditions. Today, 

some Anabaptist and evangelical churches also observe 

the Lenten season.