When Is The First Day Of Lent 2025. When is easter sunday 2025? Why is lent 40 days long?

Lent 2025 is on wednesday 5th mar, 2025 (05/03/2025) in 39 days and ends on thursday 17th apr, 2025 (17/04/2025) in 82 days The first day of lent is always ash wednesday, in which we use ashes on our forehead in the shape of a cross to remember our own mortality and begin our journey of penance.