Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent, a period of prayer, fasting, and giving, ends on April 17, 2025. Easter Sunday is on April 20, 2025. Ash Wednesday is officially here ...

Unlike other commemorations that fall on the same date annually — like Christmas or Independence Day — the dates of Lent, Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday vary year over year, and don't always ...

Lent is an annual 40-day period of prayer and fasting for Catholics and Christians, that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday 2025 is today ...

Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras, is over, which means it's Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent and the 2025 Easter season. During Easter, some might celebrate their belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection ...

In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and a half weeks before Easter, and provides 40 days for fasting and abstinence (Sundays are excluded), in imitation of Christ’s fasting in ...

Ash Wednesday, or the beginning of Lent, is 40 days before Easter, so for this year, it is March 5. Many of the faithful will go to church and receive ashes on their foreheads in the sign of the ...

Fat Tuesday, also referred to as Shrove Tuesday, falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. Fat Tuesday is often regarded as the final day of celebration prior to Easter preparations. Fat Tuesday 2025 ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...