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When is Ash Wednesday, Easter in 2026? Dates to know for Lenten season

Here are key dates for the Easter season as Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday.

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When is Easter 2026? Here are the key dates for the Lent season

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When does Lent start and end 2026? Ash Wednesday, Easter dates to know

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Lent kicks off with Ash Wednesday. Who is supposed to fast during Lent?

Those who observe Lent will spend the next several Fridays whipping out fish recipes or attending a fish fry and abstaining from eating meat.

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It's Ash Wednesday, beginning of Lent 2026. When is Easter Sunday?

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Do Christians eat meat on Ash Wednesday? What to know about Lent.

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It’s Ash Wednesday. Here’s what that means

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians go to church for a service that emphasizes the start of a season of reflection, self-denial and repentance from sin.

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Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday

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What is Lent? 40-day period of fasting begins on Ash Wednesday

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When does Lent start? Here’s when the 2026 Easter season begins, ends

Easter Sunday will be celebrated in the first week of April in 2026. The date for Easter changes annually because it is based on the lunar calendar. Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls on Feb. 18, 2026.

See photos of Ash Wednesday observations around the world

Wednesday, Feb. 18, is a Christian holy day called Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter on April 5.

Chicago-area Muslims celebrate Ramadan, Christians mark Ash Wednesday

Chicago-area Muslims celebrated the start of Ramadan with fasting as Christians marked Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lent season before Easter.