This is just the beginning of the 46 days until Easter Sunday. As the holy days fall on a different date each year, here are the important dates for this year's holy season. When is Ash Wednesday?

Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday take place this week, marking the start of Lent. Here are the dates for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Here's what to know about Easter 2025 and when Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent happen this year. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

When is Ash Wednesday 2025? This year, Ash Wednesday will take place on Wednesday, March 5. What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday – also known as the Day of Ashes – is a day of repentance and ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why the dates they fall on change every year.

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, April 20.

Why is Easter so early this year? Lent ends soon and Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. What to know about Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, etc.

When is Lent over? The Lenten 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 every year.

What is Lent? Lent is a Christian season of prayer that lasts 40 days, not including Sundays, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ending at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 17.

Here's what to know about Easter 2025 and when Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent happen this year. When is Easter 2025? This year, Easter Sunday is observed on Sunday, April 20.