Question

3. _______ is celebrated before the religious season of Lent, which is a 40 days fasting period that leads to Easter.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians replicate Jesus Christ's sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert for 40 days.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Lent, in the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter. ... In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides for a 40-day fast (Sundays are excluded), in imitation of Jesus Christ's fasting in the wilderness before he began his public ministry