Lent 2027 · Western Christian
Lent 2027, on a prayer rope.
Forty days of prayer, fasting and giving before Easter. Count the Jesus Prayer on a rope of fifty knots, or the Kyrie forty times, in your browser or in Japa on iPhone and Apple Watch.
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Japa follows Western dates, Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday. Eastern churches calculate Pascha differently and begin Great Lent on Clean Monday. Lent dates to 2030.
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Choose a prayer and tap the dial once for each time you say it. The Jesus Prayer is counted on a rope of fifty knots, two ropes for the day; the Kyrie is the day’s forty. No account or download.
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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The practices Japa keeps through Lent
- The Jesus Prayer 100 a day
- Kyrie Eleison 40 a day
The Jesus Prayer is two rounds of a fifty-knot prayer rope; the Kyrie is not counted on a rope, so its dial is simply the day’s forty.
The daily counts are Japa’s suggestions, not a rule of the season. Change them, or keep the prayers you were taught instead.
How Lent is kept
Ash Wednesday to Easter
In Western churches Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (10 February in 2027) when many receive ashes, and runs to Easter. Sundays are not counted among the forty days. Japa keeps it through Holy Saturday, 27 March; Easter Day is 28 March.
Prayer, fasting and giving
The season’s three customs are prayer, fasting or abstinence, and almsgiving. What is given up, and how strictly, differs between churches and between people.
Great Lent in the East
Eastern churches calculate Pascha differently, begin Great Lent on Clean Monday and keep Holy Week apart from it. The Jesus Prayer and the Kyrie both come from that tradition; the Jesus Prayer is often prayed under a spiritual father’s direction.
Japa’s range is the span of its suggestions, not a definition of the liturgical season, and has not been independently verified against a published calendar. Check it against the calendar your own church keeps, such as the USCCB liturgical calendar.
Keep the season in Japa.
Lent is in Japa’s holy-days calendar. Add it and the Jesus Prayer comes to Today at a hundred a day and Kyrie Eleison at forty, from Ash Wednesday until Holy Saturday, then they step back when the season ends. Your own history is never touched. There is no Lent course or daily reading in the app: just the prayers, counted.
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When is Lent 2027?
In Western churches, Lent 2027 begins on Ash Wednesday, 10 February, and Easter Day is 28 March. Japa keeps the season from 10 February through Holy Saturday, 27 March. Eastern churches begin Great Lent on Clean Monday and calculate Pascha differently.
Which prayers does Japa suggest for Lent?
The Jesus Prayer, a hundred times a day (two rounds of a fifty-knot prayer rope) and Kyrie Eleison forty times. The counts are Japa’s suggestion, not a rule of the season.
Is there a Lent programme in the app?
Lent is in Japa’s holy-days calendar: adding it, which is part of Japa Lifetime, puts the Jesus Prayer and the Kyrie on Today until Holy Saturday. There are no daily readings or reflections.
Is the Lent counter free?
Yes. This browser counter is free and saves nothing. In the app, counting is unlimited and free on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, and both prayers are in the free collection.