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What is the meaning of "Fasting"?

A time in which you go without a certain food, drink or something you particularly like.

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What is the day before Good Friday?
Holy Thursday
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How long is Lent?
40 days
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What was the name of the man that condemned Jesus to death?
Pontius Pilate
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What are the three days before Ash Wednesday called?

Carnival Triduum (Mardi Gras)

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Where do the ashes they use on Ash Wednesday come from?
The burnt palm crosses from palm Sunday.
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What days do you fast in Lent

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

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Why do we celebrate lent?
Because its part of our religion
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What is the original meaning of the word "Lent"?

Spring

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What shape is typically drawn on your forehead on Ash Wednesday?

A cross

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What happens in the Roman Catholic Church on Holy Thursday?
A ceremony is featured in which the priest washes the feet of 12 people.
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Which solemnity happens at the end of Lent

Easter Sunday

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What religions celebrate lent?

Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Lutherans, and Methodists.

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Who wiped the face of Jesus while he was carrying the cross?
Mary Magdelene
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What do we typically do to show love for Jesus during the Lenten period?

Make a Lenten program 

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What do people normally do with the palm leaves after Palm Sunday?

Small crosses

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What is another name for Passion Sunday?

Palm Sunday or the Sunday before Good Friday

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Why is it important to celebrate Lent?
To remember and to reflect on the sacrifice that Jesus committed.
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Where did Jesus go for the 40 days?
The desert
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How many stations of the cross do we pray?

14

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What does the cross on your forehead that you receive on Ash Wednesday represent?
It is a sign of penitence and mortality.
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What are the four main days in lent?

Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, 

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What word is never sung or said during Lent?
Alleluia
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Who helped Jesus carry the cross?
Simon
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What are the three pillars, or the three important aspects of Lent?
prayer, fasting, Almsgiving