Ash Wednesday 2024 Meaning. Ash wednesday 2024 is on wednesday, february 22nd. It also marks the beginning of the lent season.
Ash wednesday begins the 40 days in which the church calls the faithful to conversion and to truly prepare to live the mysteries of. It is a day of repentance and reflection, where christians receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross as a sign of mortality and a reminder of the need for repentance.