Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season, and is 6.5 weeks before Easter Sunday. According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer.

Lent 2025 is the six weeks leading up to Easter. It starts on Ash Wednesday (March 5, 2025) and either ends on Maundy Thursday (April 17, 2025) or Holy Saturday (April 19, 2025), depending on the ...

The season of Lent ends with Easter Sunday. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the first Spring Equinox (which usually falls around March 20).

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival of Ash Wednesday.. Last year, Ash Wednesday 2024 fell on Valentine’s ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter. Christians around the ...

Easter Sunday, an important day for members of the Christian faith, commemorates the miraculous resurrection of Jesus Christ after a 40-day season of prayer known as Lent.

Lent is a period of fasting observed by Christians, during which time they often give up luxuries in their life in the days leading up to Easter. For Catholics, Lent comes with specific fasting ...

Lent 2025 is the six weeks leading up to Easter. It starts on Ash Wednesday (March 5, 2025) and either ends on Maundy Thursday (April 17, 2025) or Holy Saturday (April 19, 2025), depending on the ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter.