LENT
Lent is a major fast taken by the Church to prepare for Easter. It
begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, in Holy Week. There
are forty days of Lent not including Sundays. The last two weeks of
Lent are known as "Passiontide", which begins on Passion Sunday; the
final week of Lent is known as "Holy Week," which begins on Palm
Sunday. Color: Violet.