According to Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days, or 40 days excluding Sundays, before Easter Sunday. Easter is a moveable holiday, meaning Ash Wednesday moves with it.

Here's everything to know about upcoming holidays, including Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and Lent. When is Mardi Gras 2025? Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, is the end of pre ...

Ash Wednesday, also known as the Day of Ashes, is on March 5 this year. You may see people with ashes in the shape of a cross smudged on their forehead or abstaining from eating meat.

Not every Christian religion observes Ash Wednesday or Lent. It is most strongly associated with Catholicism, but some Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and few Baptists also ...

Ash Wednesday is today, marking the start of Lent and the Christian Easter Season.. The holy day, also known as the Day of Ashes, has roots all the way back to the Middle Ages. While most commonly ...

According to Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days, or 40 days excluding Sundays, before Easter Sunday. Easter is a moveable holiday, meaning Ash Wednesday moves with it.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025. Lent will extend for 46 days, concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025.

Last year, Ash Wednesday 2024 fell on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in the first week of March, almost a full month later.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days. Here's what to know about the Christian tradition.

And with it, comes Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. ... Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, will begin on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and end on Thursday, ...