When Is Ash Wednesday 2025. These include mardi gras, shrove tuesday, maundy thursday, holy week, palm sunday, passion sunday, dust to dust, and more. This is the first day of lent starting approximately 6 weeks of fasting and pennance.

Ash wednesday focuses the christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. Ash wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many western christian denominations.