Ash Wednesday 2025 Calendar With Holidays. Lent for the year 2025 starts on wednesday, march 5th and ends on thursday, april 17 with evening mass on holy thursday. The next upcoming ash wednesday is on wednesday march 5th, 2025.

Many christians attend church services on ash wednesday to receive ashes on their foreheads in the sign of the cross. For many christian religions, lent is a very important time of the year that allows believers to prepare for easter holidays.