LAST SUPPER'S LAST LESSONS; MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE RE-ENACTS CHRISTIAN RITUALS.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: April 18, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Jim Reilly Staff writer

For those who forget that the Last Supper was a deep and somber event, Maundy Thursday is a stark reminder.

Some 50 people, joined by half again as many clergy, choristers and altar servers, gathered in St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Syracuse on Thursday evening to mark the occasion.

In Christian tradition, Jesus gathered with his disciples for the Passover Seder the night he was betrayed by Judas.

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