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HOW DO CHRISTIANS COMMEMORATE LENT? Lent is observed in many different ways depending on each worshipper’s beliefs. Many orthodox or traditional Christians choose to observe a strict fast, beginning with the wearing of ashes on Ash Wednesday and the abstinence of meat, fish, eggs and fats until Easter Sunday. Others choose to forgo one item for the period of Lent, typically a “luxury” item such as chocolate, alcohol or meat. Giving up bad habits and past times has also become increasingly common such as giving up gossiping, watching television or social

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