Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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· Germany
Observance
259DAYS AGO

Weekday

Wednesday

Week

8

Day of year

49

Country

🇩🇪 DE

EUR

About this holiday

Ash Wednesday opens the Christian season of Lent, 46 days before Easter Sunday. Worshippers receive a cross of ashes on the forehead as a sign of penitence. It falls between early February and early March, immediately after Carnival and Shrove Tuesday.

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