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You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday.
Traditionally Christians will give something up for the period of Lent, as the six week period was established to honour the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert.
Lent 2023 begins on Wednesday February 22 and finishes on Thursday April 6.