Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Weekday
Wednesday
Week
8
Day of year
49
Country
🇯🇲 JM
JMD
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.
Ash Wednesday · 2025–2030
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