Lent, Ash Wednesday and Christians

When is Lent 2025? When is Ash Wednesday? What happens during the Christian event?
Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of Easter. Here's what to know.
What is Ash Wednesday and when is it? Why do Christians wear ashes and give things up for Lent?
Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.
Why is Easter so late in 2025? Here's the dates for Easter, Lent, and Ash Wednesday
Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year. Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20.
When is Ash Wednesday? Start of 40-day Lenten, Easter season brings prayer, fasting
Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians. Lent will start on Ash Wednesday, March 5. It ends on Maundy Thursday, on April 17, the day before Good Friday.
When is Easter 2025? Dates to know for Lent this year
Here is everything you need to know about the season and upcoming Christian holy days. Easter in the Western church is on Sunday, April 20 Next year, the holiday will land on Sunday, April 5, 2026. Lent starts Wednesday,
When is Lent, Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday in 2025? Dates to know
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in New York? Farmers Almanac, NWS, AccuWeather predict
Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5 this year. What to know about the holiday that starts Lent
Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place this year on Mar. 5, 2025.
What is Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday? Lent used to be less than 40 days. What to know
The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent will be on Wednesday, March 5. Lent will end on Holy Thursday, April 17. Good Friday will be the next day, on Friday, April 18.
When is Ash Wednesday in 2025? Appleton clergy answer common questions about Lent, Easter
"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.
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When is Ash Wednesday 2025? Here's what to know about Mardi Gras, Lent, more key dates
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How to Plan a Lenten Family Retreat
Here is an easy how-to if you would like to plan your own simple family retreat this holy season. Lent is obviously an ideal ...
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What date is Easter 2025? Why so late this year? When is Lent, Ash Wednesday? What we know
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, falls on March 5th and is a day of fasting and reflection. Good Friday, commemorating the death of Jesus, is on Friday, April 18, 2025. Lent is just two ...
When is Easter 2025? Why is it so late this year, and what are the key Christian holidays and Lent observances leading up to the celebration?
Easter 2025 will be celebrated on Sunday, April 20, marking one of the most significant Christian holidays. The date is ...