Lent is the celebration of the 40 days before Easter It is a time for fasting and prayer to prepare one for Easter
The Western Churches start Lent on Ash Wednesday
The Eastern Rite Catholics start Lent on Clean Monday (the Monday two days before Ash Wednesday)
Eastern Orthodox Churches use the older Julian calendar to calculate the date of Clean Monday, which for them is the first day of Lent
Year | Western Church (includes Catholic and Protestant) |
Eastern Rite Catholics | Eastern Orthodox Church (often includes Greek and Russian) |
2013 | Ash Wednesday, February 13th | Clean Monday, February 11th | Clean/Ash Monday, March 18th |
2014 | Ash Wednesday, March 5th | Clean Monday, March 3rd | Clean/Ash Monday, March 3rd |
2015 | Ash Wednesday, February 18th | Clean Monday, February 16th | Clean/Ash Monday, February 23rd |
2016 | Ash Wednesday, February 10th | Clean Monday, February 8th | Clean/Ash Monday, March 14th |
2017 | Ash Wednesday, March 1st | Clean Monday, February 27th | Clean/Ash Monday, February 27th |
2018 | Ash Wednesday, February 14th | Clean Monday, February 12th | Clean/Ash Monday, February 19th |
2019 | Ash Wednesday, March 6th | Clean Monday, March 4th | Clean/Ash Monday, March 11 |
2020 | Ash Wednesday, February 26th | Clean Monday, February 24th | Clean/Ash Monday, March 2nd |