Clean Monday

Clean Monday
Clean Monday
	Kite-flyers on Clean Monday on Philopappos Hill, Athens, Greece
Observed by	Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Christians; Eastern Catholics
Type	Eastern Christian
Date	48 days before Pascha Sunday
2023 date	27 February; 20 February (Gregorian computus);
2024 date	18 March; 12 February (Gregorian computus);
2025 date	3 March; 3 March (Gregorian computus);
Frequency	annual
Related to	First day of Great Lent

Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα, Kathara Deftera), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the sixth Monday before Palm Sunday which begins Holy Week, preceding Pascha Sunday (Easter).

The common term for this day, "Clean Monday", refers to the leaving behind of sinful attitudes and non-fasting foods. It is sometimes called "Ash Monday", by analogy with Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent in Western Christianity). The term is often a misnomer, as only a small subset of Eastern Catholic Churches practice the imposition of ashes. The Maronite, Chaldean and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches are notable amongst the Eastern rites employing the use of ashes on this day.

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