(SRN NEWS) – It begins on Wednesday, March 5th this year — the traditional 40-day period of fasting and prayer in preparation for Easter celebrations. Lent echoes the 40 days that Christ spent in the desert as detailed in the Gospels. While not everyone observing Lent will actually fast for the duration, it has become a […]
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Christians are preparing for Lent
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(SRN NEWS) – It begins on Wednesday, March 5th this year — the traditional 40-day period of fasting and prayer in preparation for Easter celebrations.
Lent echoes the 40 days that Christ spent in the desert as detailed in the Gospels.
While not everyone observing Lent will actually fast for the duration, it has become a tradition in the West for an individual to give up something for Lent.
Recently conducting a digital media fast during the period has become popular.