Ash Wednesday 2025 (Spanish: Mircoles de Ceniza 2025) is a Christian observance that marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance leading up to Easter. It is observed on the Wednesday before the first Sunday in Lent, which in 2025 falls on March 5th.
During Ash Wednesday services, ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance and mortality. The ashes are made from the burned palm branches from the previous year’s Palm Sunday celebration, symbolizing the cycle of death and resurrection.
