For 10 points, name this 40 day period during which Catholics usually give something up.
The first chapter of the Paschalis Solemnitatis officially concerns this period. The Te Deum is not sung during the Office of Readings during this period, nor is the Gloria or the Alleluia. This period begins on Clean Monday and is prefixed with the word (*) "Great" in the Orthodox Church, and religious icons are typically veiled during it. This period corresponds to an event in which a figure refused to turn stones to bread despite being tempted by the Devil, and in Western Christianity it begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with the Holy Week and Good Friday. For 10 points, name this 40 day period during which Catholics usually give something up.
The first chapter of the Paschalis Solemnitatis officially concerns this period.
Lent (or Lenten Season; or Great Lent)