Lent 2025. When is lent in 2025? Quadragesima, [1] 'fortieth') is the solemn christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by satan, according to the gospels of matthew, mark and luke, before beginning his public ministry.
Ash wednesday always falls six and half weeks before easter. Lent 2025 starts on wednesday, march 5 and ends on thursday, april 17, a christian period lasting 40 days representing the 40 days jesus fasted in the wilderness starting on ash wednesday and ending with evening mass on holy thursday.
