A young woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at Jesus the Divine Word Church in Huntingtown, Md., in this March 6, 2019, file photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) That’s the wrong question.

Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (Ash Wednesday) and ends at sundown on Thursday, April 17 (Holy Thursday). Dates may ...

Lent traditionally lasts 40 days in the Western Christian calendar, not including Sundays. However, the total period from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday is 46 days, because Sundays are not counted ...

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(RNS) — The Rev. Jamal Bryant said he hopes 100,000 ‘conscientious Christians’ will have signed up by March 5 to mark the ‘season of denial’ by fasting from shopping at Target.

Ash Wednesday is the start of lent which lasts 40 days and leads up to Easter. It is a time or repentance and reflection. Many people also give something up during this period as a form of sacrifice.

Christians in the Coptic Orthodox Church prepare for Lent by feasting. For ten days before the Great Lent begins, we consume the food from which we’ll soon abstain.

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