Lent

==== Lenten Black Fast ====
Historically, using the early Christian form known as the [[Black Fast]], the observant does not consume food for a whole day until the evening, and at sunset, Christians traditionally break the Lenten fast of that day with a [[Christian vegetarianism|vegetarian]] supper (no food or drink is consumed in a day apart from that in the [[Lenten supper]]).<ref name="Cléir2017">{{cite book|last=Cléir|first=Síle de|title=Popular Catholicism in 20th-Century Ireland: Locality, Identity and Culture|year=2017|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|language=en|isbn=978-1350020603|page=101|quote=Catherine Bell outlines the details of fasting and abstinence in a historical context, stating that the Advent fast was usually less severe than that carried out in Lent, which originally involved just one meal a day, not to be eaten until after sunset.}}</ref><ref name="GuérangerFromage1912">{{cite book|last1=Guéranger|first1=Prosper|last2=Fromage|first2=Lucien|title=The Liturgical Year: Lent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RJDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7 |access-date=7 February 2019 |year=1912|publisher=Burns, Oates & Washbourne|language=en |page=8|quote=St. Benedict's rule prescribed a great many fasts, over and above the ecclesiastical fast of Lent; but it made this great distinction between the two: that whilst Lent obliged the monks, as well as the rest of the faithful, to abstain from food till sunset, these monastic fasts allowed the repast to be taken at the hour of None.}}</ref><ref name="Butler"/><ref name="Kiernan"/> In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], many Christians continue this practice of fasting until sunset on [[Ash Wednesday]] and [[Good Friday]], with many fasting in this manner throughout the whole season of Lent.<ref name="Addis2020">{{cite news |last1=Addis |first1=Richard |title=Goodbye to tasty treats as Lent begins |url=https://theday.co.uk/stories/goodbye-to-tasty-treats-as-lent-begins |newspaper=[[The Day (website)|The Day]] |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=English |date=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Zaidi2022">{{cite web |last1=Zaidi |first1=Hiyah |title=What is Ash Wednesday 2023? When is day, Lent meaning, what is mass - is it connected to Shrove Tuesday |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/ash-wednesday-2023-christian-observance-when-shrove-tuesday-meaning-lent-3584972 |publisher=National World |access-date=14 March 2024 |language=English |date=24 February 2022|quote=Some Christians choose to fast where Western Christians traditionally break the Lenten fast at sunset also known as the Black Fast. In countries such as India and Pakistan, some Christians fast until sunset on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday with some manner of fasting within the 40 days of Lent.}}</ref>