Ash Wednesday 2025 Ireland. The priests place the symbol of a cross made of ashes. M* saint perpetua and saint felicity, martyrs.
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. For centuries, the faithful have gone to church on this day to have their brow symbolically marked.