Feb 4, 2025 · Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, March 5, although when it ends is disputed. Some churches say it ends on the night of Holy Thursday (April 17), Good Friday (Apri18, 2023), Holy Saturday (April 20 ...

Jan 20, 2025 · In 2025, Ash Wednesday will be on March 5th. Ash Wednesday focuses the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of …

2 days ago · Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Thursday, April 17, 2025, also known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday. As of ...

3 days ago · Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. When is Lent 2025? This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on ...

1 day ago · Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent. This year it will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. When does Lent start 2025? Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5, 2025, marking the beginning of the Lenten season. During Lent, there are many special days and phrases. These include Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Maundy Thursday, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, dust to dust, and more.

Ash Wednesday and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. Ash Wednesday is exactly 46 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast based on the cycles of the moon.

Jan 29, 2025 · Ash Wednesday, in Western Christianity, the first day of Lent, occurring six and a half weeks before Easter (between February 4 and March 11, depending on the date of Easter). It is immediately preceded by Shrove Tuesday.

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent with a public act of confession and contrition. Acknowledging that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, we stand in solidarity as fellow creatures before our Creator, acutely aware of our mortality.

Feb 14, 2024 · Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter.