What's the percentage of Christians who observe lent?

Lent and other forms of fasting in the west remain in Catholic cannon law. But protestants for 400 years abolished the practice. It's had some resurgence in the west as a kind of fad, but it's not really anything more than a religious new years resolution to most. read more

Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. The Lenten season is a time when many Christians observe a period of fasting, repentance, moderation, self-denial and spiritual discipline. read more

Survey Says 24 Percent of Americans Observe Lent The Wired Word for the Week of February 26, 2017 In the News Your denomination may or may not observe Lent, but if you've been among those who have complained about the secularization of Christmas and Easter, there's good news for you: Lent seems to lack such crossover appeal. read more