Maundy (foot washing)
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Maundy, or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, Nipter, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium, is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations. The word mandatum is the first word o
Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles by the Meister des Hausbuches, 1475 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
Christ Reasoning with Peter, by Giotto di Bondone (Scrovegni Chapel a Padua)
Feetwashing of the Christ, Oil painting of Bernhard Strigel
Feet washing in 2024, Bulacan
Maundy Thursday
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Maundy Thursday, also referred to as Holy Thursday, or Thursday of the Lord's Supper, among other names, is a Christian feast during Holy Week that marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, and comm
Maundy (foot washing)
…medieval Latin term mandatum (mandé, maundy), came to apply to the rite of foot-washing on the Thursday preceding Easter Sunday, known in English as "Maundy Thursday" since at least 1440 (written as Maunde þursday). Some Christian denominations throughout Church history have practiced foot washing as a church…
The Mystical Supper, Russian Orthodox icon, 1497
Maundy ceremony in a Church in Wales parish church during a Maundy Thursday service of worship
Altar and crucifix veiled in a Methodist church on Maundy Thursday in preparation for Good Friday
Chrism Mass in the Lateran Basilica