Aside from Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent, what are its principal events?
There are a variety of saints’ days which fall during Lent, and some of these change from year to year since the dates of Lent itself change based on when Easter falls. However, the Sundays during the Lenten season commemorate special events in the life of Our Lord, such as his Transfiguration and his Triumphal Entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week. Holy week climaxes with Holy Thursday, on which Christ celebrated the first Mass, Good Friday, on which he was Crucified, and Holy Saturday — the last day of Lent — during which Our Lord lay in the Tomb before his Resurrection on Easter Sunday, the first day after Lent.
