On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast ... On the afternoon or evening of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Sacrament or Mystery of Holy Unction is conducted in ...

Holy Week 2024: One of the most important periods in the Christian ... One of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot, consented on Holy Wednesday to turn on the religious leaders in exchange for thirty ...

The week starts with Palm Sunday ... to secure Jesus’ conviction. Holy Wednesday: March 27 On Holy Wednesday, Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ disciples, agreed to betray Jesus to the religious ...

Library Feasts of the Church Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha Holy Week Holy Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday: Services of the Bridegroom O my Savior, now I see Your wedding hall decorated, and I have not ...

The cloth – which hid the altar – was not removed until during the reading of the Passion on the Wednesday in Holy Week – at the words, “the veil of the temple was rent in two.” ...

In 2024 Easter Sunday is on 31 March. The week leading up to Easter is called Holy Week. The date of Easter Sunday varies from year to year. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full ...

Holy Week is important as it reminds Christians of God's sacrifice of His Son, and also God's love for His people. Christians can learn much about Jesus through the last week of his life.

Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to the Resurrection.