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When is Lent in 2017? |  |
The dates of Lent in 2017 will begin on Wednesday, March 1st and will continue for 46 days until Thursday, April 13th.
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What is Lent? | |
Lent is a period of fasting that ends on Easter. The purpose of Lent is to commemorate the forty-day fast of Jesus. In Catholicism, Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, which is the day following Fat Tuesday.
