When is Ash Wednesday 2025? This year, Ash Wednesday falls on March 5. In 2025 it ends on April 17, known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday.

"Ash Wednesday is the perfect opportunity for us all to recommit to many of the things we know we need to do," Hallow CEO Alex Jones said. For some, it could mean prayer and meditation, Jones added.

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate ...

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Ash Wednesday, in the Christian church, is the beginning of the Lenten season. It is observed with a service where the faithful are marked with ashes, and many adults, who are able to do so, fast ...

Ash Wednesday is inextricably linked to Easter. After all, it marks the beginning of the Lent penance period that ends on that important Christian holiday. But, even though the Easter story takes ...

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If you are a practicing Christian and are fasting this Ash Wednesday, here is your guide to what you can and cannot eat on this day of Lenten observance. Skip to Article. Set weather.