Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, March 1, 2028
Weekday
Wednesday
Week
9
Day of year
61
Country
🇺🇬 UG
UGX
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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