Lent

===Protestantism and Western Orthodoxy===
[[File:High Altar of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church during Lent.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|In Western traditions, the [[liturgical colour]] of the season of Lent is purple. Altar crosses and religious statuary which show Christ in his glory are traditionally veiled during this period in the Christian year.]]
In Protestant and Western Orthodox Churches that celebrate it, the season of Lent lasts from [[Ash Wednesday]] to the evening of [[Holy Saturday]].<ref name="EWTN">{{cite web|last=Akin|first=James|title=All About Lent|url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/LENT.HTM|publisher=EWTN|access-date=3 March 2014|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329062132/http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/LENT.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Luther League of America">{{cite book|title=The Roman and the Lutheran Observance of Lent|year=1920|publisher=Luther League of America|page=5}}</ref> This calculation makes Lent last 46 days if the 6 Sundays are included, but only 40 days if they are excluded.<ref>{{cite book|title=What is Lent and why does it last forty days?|url=http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/what-is-lent-and-why-does-it-last-forty-days|access-date=20 April 2014|publisher=The United Methodist Church |quote=Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter" and the reverent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful anticipation of the Resurrection.}}</ref> This definition is still that of the [[Moravian Church]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Moravian Passion Week |url=https://www.newhopemoravian.org/holy-days.html |publisher=New Hope Moravian Church |access-date=8 March 2021 |language=English |quote=Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with the conclusion of the Great Sabbath (Holy Saturday to Easter Eve) - a span of forty days on the church calendar, excluding Sundays. |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512140401/https://newhopemoravian.org/holy-days.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Lutheran World Federation|Lutheran Church]],<ref name="Northwestern Publishing House">{{cite book|title=The Northwestern Lutheran, Volumes 60–61|year=1973|publisher=Northwestern Publishing House|page=66}}</ref> [[Anglican Communion|Anglican Church]],<ref name="Kitch 130">{{cite book|last=Kitch|first=Anne E.|title=The Anglican Family Prayer Book|year=2003|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|page=130}}</ref> [[World Methodist Council|Methodist Church]],<ref name="Langford 96">{{cite book|last=Langford|first=Andy|title=Blueprints for worship: a user's guide for United Methodist congregations|url=https://archive.org/details/blueprintsforwor0000lang|url-access=registration|date=4 January 1993|publisher=Abingdon Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/blueprintsforwor0000lang/page/96 96]|isbn=9780687033126}}</ref> [[Western-Rite Orthodox Churches|Western Rite Orthodox Church]],<ref name="Fenton">{{cite web|last=Fenton|first=John|title=The Holy Season of Lent in the Western Tradition|url=http://www.antiochian.org/node/25432|publisher=Western Rite of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref> [[United Protestant Church]]es,<ref>{{cite web |title=First Sunday in Lent |url=https://united-church.ca/worship-liturgical-season/first-sunday-lent |publisher=[[United Church of Canada]] |access-date=8 March 2021 |language=English |date=21 February 2021}}</ref> and those of the [[Reformed Church]]es (i.e., [[Continental Reformed]], [[Presbyterian]], and [[Congregationalist]]) that observe Lent.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Meaning of Lent |url=https://covenantchicago.org/lent/ |publisher=Covenant Presbyterian Church of Chicago |access-date=8 March 2021 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lent and Easter |url=https://pilgrimcongregational.org/lent-and-easter/ |publisher=Pilgrim Congregational Church |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=English}}</ref>