Ash Wednesday is a Christian holiday that marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and penance leading up to Easter. It is observed on the Wednesday before the first Sunday in Lent, which is the sixth Wednesday after Mardi Gras.
In 2025, Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5th. On this day, Christians traditionally attend church services where they receive ashes on their foreheads as a symbol of repentance and mortality. The ashes are made from the burned palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday service.
