Fasting and Feast Days
What is the most given up thing in the US?
Social Media
While Lent spans 40 days of fasting it actually spans 46 days why is that ?
Sundays are not counted withing this period of fasting
This specific three day period is known by this Latin derived name
Triduum
While we call it Lent, the season's name is derived from the Old English Word "Lecten" Which means what ?
Spring
From the Latin word for darkness this candle-extinguishing service involves a series of readings and the graduals dimming of lights in the church
Tenebrae