Holy Week commemorates the seven days leading up to Easter. It begins with the commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, marks the betrayal of Jesus on Spy Wednesday, cl
The entry of Jesus and his disciples into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, is the last week of Lent, between Palm Sunday and the dusk of Maundy Thursday. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday along with the Saturday of Lazarus marks the two-day transition between the 40 days of Great Lent and Holy Week.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851)
Holy Tuesday in Venezuela
Maundy Thursday ceremony in a Church in Wales parish church during a Maundy Thursday service of worship
In Christianity, Holy Wednesday commemorates the Bargain of Judas as a clandestine spy among the disciples. It is also called Spy Wednesday, or Good Wednesday, and Great and Holy Wednesday.
Holy Week
…days leading up to Easter. It begins with the commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, marks the betrayal of Jesus on Spy Wednesday (Holy Wednesday), climaxing with the commemoration of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday (Holy…
A confraternity of penitents leads a Holy Wednesday procession in Villarreal, Spain (2015)
A Tenebrae service held at a Roman Catholic parish church on Spy Wednesday (2019)
Service of the Sacrament of Holy Unction