Lent 2020

February 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Friday February 14 -4 years, -9 months, -7 days or -1742 days 15 16 17 Presidents Day Monday February 17 -4 years, -9 months, -4 days or -1739 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Lent Wednesday February 26 -4 years, -8 months, -24 days or -1730 days 27 28 29

Lent for the year 2020 starts on Wednesday, February 26th and ends on Thursday, April 9 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 2020

Wednesday, February 26th is day number 57 of the 2020 calendar year with -4 years, -8 months, -24 days until the start of Lent 2020.