Lent 2016

February 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lent Wednesday February 10 -8 years, -10 months, -15 days or -3241 days 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Sunday February 14 -8 years, -10 months, -11 days or -3237 days 15 Presidents Day Monday February 15 -8 years, -10 months, -10 days or -3236 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Lent for the year 2016 starts on Wednesday, February 10th and ends on Thursday, March 24 with evening mass on Holy Thursday.

Lent is a Christian annual period that starts on Ash Wednesday lasting for 40 days (not Including Sundays) representing the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness. This 40 day period for Christians is a time to reflect, fast, and give penance in preparation for the resurrection of Christ Easter Sunday.

Is Lent 40 days

Lent for Christians starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on either the evening of Maundy Thursday or on sundown of Holy Saturday (day before Easter Sunday). However the practices of Lent do not end until sundown on Holy Saturday for all Christian denominations. So it is 44 days from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday and another two days with Good Friday and Holy Saturday added to give a total of 46 days for Lent. But Sundays are excluded from fasting during Lent and with 6 Sundays removed from the count we get lent being a 40 day liturgical period.

Days to Lent 2016

Wednesday, February 10th is day number 41 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -10 months, -15 days until the start of Lent 2016.