Are You Connected? Saino Thomas Lent is a season of penitential preparation for Easter which the Church observes in imitation of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting and prayer. The Latin Church observes forty days of lent starting from Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy Thursday (Sundays excluded). The Syro-Malabar church is unique; we observe fifty days or ‘50 Nombu,’ starting from Ash Monday or ‘Vibhoothi,’ and include all the [...]