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

It’s also a day to reflect on your life and take part in the practice of "shriving," which means purifying oneself through ...

But when is Easter? It's on the later end of the ever-changing schedule in 2025. Here is everything you ... In the early Christian church, Lent was initially observed over six weeks, totaling ...

and on the third day — Easter Sunday — he rose from the dead. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Thursday ...

Here's what to know about Easter 2025, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and when lent starts this year. This year, Easter Sunday is observed on Sunday, April 20. Easter is the holiest ...

2025. Lent is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter Sunday, which ends on the Thursday before Easter. This year, Easter coincides with Eastern Orthodox Easter, both ...

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of ...