Lent 2026: dates and highlights
Each year, the dates ofChristian Lent are set in relation to Easter . Find out more about the main dates for this important time of the liturgical year , to help you live this time of renewal and conversion to the full.
Highlights of Lent 2026
- Catholic Lent: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 to Saturday, April 4, 2026.
- Mardi Gras: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
- Ash Wednesday : Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- Mid-Lent: Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Day of Remembrance and Prayer for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Church : Friday, March 13, 2026
- Palm Sunday : Sunday, March 29, 2026
- Great Lent: from Monday February 23, 2026 (date of Pure Monday) to Friday April 3, 2026. It is preceded by Little Lent.
Dates for Holy Week 2026
- Holy Week : Monday, March 30 to Saturday, April 4, 2026
- Maundy Thursday and Feast of Priests : Thursday, April 2, 2026
- Good Friday : Friday, April 3, 2026
- Holy Saturday : Saturday, April 4, 2026
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Dates for Easter 2026
- Easter Day and Feast of the Resurrection : Sunday, April 5, 2026
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6, 2026
- Octave of Easter : Monday April 6 to Saturday April 11, 2026
- Eastertide : Monday, April 6 to Sunday, May 24, 2026
Dates for Easter vacation 2026
- For Zone A: Saturday April 4 to Monday April 20, 2026
For Zone B: from Saturday April 11 to Monday April 27, 2026
For Zone C: from Saturday April 18 to Monday May 4, 2026
Live Lent to the fullest with Hozana
On the Hozana website or app, find numerous suggestions for living out Lent 2026 and discover Lenten journeys that have been followed by thousands of prayers, such as :
- From Palm Sunday to Easter, let us enter into Holy Week by praying with the heart of Mary.
- Join this community to experience the extraordinary "Virtus": 70 days to be transformed by Christ and enter with him into the joy of Easter.
