When Is Ash Wednesday 202 2025. Ash wednesday represents the first day of lent in which practicing christians do approximately 6 weeks of fasting prior to easter. Lent for the year 2025 starts on wednesday, march 5th and ends on thursday, april 17 with evening mass on holy thursday.

For everyone who does not want to count for himself, here are the dates of the next and previous years: Ash wednesday marks the commencement of the lenten season, a period of 40 days (not including sundays) dedicated to fasting,.