Lent, Ash Wednesday and Easter

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 2025 so late? Here's the dates for Easter, Lent, and Ash Wednesday
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 Lent, Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday in 2025? Dates to know
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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.
Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5 this year. What to know about the holiday that starts Lent
Before Easter arrives, many Christians of different denominations across Houston will participate in around 40 days of Lent – and it all starts with Ash Wednesday. The holiday, in which some practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross,
When is Ash Wednesday 2025? Here's what to know about the religious holiday
Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras actually leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often seen as the final burst of excitement before Lent begins,
When is Ash Wednesday? Start of 40-day Lenten, Easter season brings prayer, fasting
The 2025 Easter season is on its way, beginning with the Mardi Gras celebration, followed by Ash Wednesday, Lent, and finally Easter. During Easter, some might celebrate their belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection,
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Christ in our Neighborhood (Second Sunday in Lent: Cycle C)
NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small groups that gather in the home weekly to ...
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Second Sunday of Lent Reflection
Fear thrives when I avoid looking at it. When I bring my fears before God, they lose their power to terrorize. Second, it teaches me about love. Love lasts beyond the prospect of death and cannot be ...
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California priest stresses that Second Sunday of Lent is a reminder of why we're here on Earth
Listen to him'" (Mark 9:7). This verse, read during the Second Sunday of Lent, is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels, and is part of the story of the event known as the ...
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2nd Sunday before Lent
Genesis 2.4b-9, 15-end; Psalm 65; Revelation 4; Luke 8.22-25 ...
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The worship of God in Revelation 4 video and commentary
The NT epistle for the Second Sunday before Lent is Rev 4, the first half (with Rev 5) of John's vision and audition (seeing ...
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Lent, Easter, Passover in 2025: When are the spring holidays in Christian, Jewish faiths?
Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday falls on changes year to year and with it the dates of Ash Wednesday, Lent and associated holidays such as Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday.
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Reflection: Second Sunday of Lent
Welcome to our series of Lent and Easter reflections. The Reverend Mark Birch reflects on Peter’s denial of Jesus and how it is represented visually on the altar of the Lady Chapel with a crowing ...