Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (Ash Wednesday) and ends at sundown on Thursday, April 17 (Holy Thursday). Dates may differ depending on what calendar a church is using and how they ...

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.

This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on Thursday, April 17. It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting and repentance for Christians.

Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a season kept by millions and millions of Christians around the world. This season has a bad reputation. Too many people think of Lent merely as a time for ...

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Ash Wednesday is also a day of obligatory fasting for the Catholic faithful. For members of the Roman Catholic Church, fasting is obligatory from age 18-59, according to the USCCB.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time when Christians prepare for Easter through acts of penitence and prayer. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP) "It’s about the ashes and the cross," he said.

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 ...

Ash Wednesday, marks the start of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of reflection before the joyful celebration that is Easter, which is March 31.

On Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all Fridays during Lent, adult Catholics over the age of 14 traditionally abstain from eating meat including beef, chicken, pork, lamb, venison and most other meats.