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Holy Week
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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Ho·ly Week
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the week before Easter, starting on Palm Sunday.
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Holy Bull Impresses
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...because he hadn't run in seven weeks. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas thought...being rested so long. When Holy Bull and Tabasco Cat meet in...year-old title for sure. Holy Bull will be the favorite in...race. Many experts believe Holy Bull can't go that far - even...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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holy week services.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/15/2008; 700+ words
; Holy Week services at Capital Region churches: ALBANY COUNTY Bethlehem...Presanctified; 5 p.m. fish fry dinner; 7 p.m. Tenebrae. Holy Saturday: 10 a.m. Blessing of fire, holy water, food. Easter Sunday: 9 a.m. Solemnity of the Resurrection...
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HOLY DIP ON BASANT PANCHAMI IN MAHA KUMBH.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 9/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...19. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) A HOLY MAN SAYING: "This is the first...done will be wiped of with this holy dip." 20. PILGRIMS STANDING STORY: Tens of thousands of holy men in northern India shed their...fourth auspicious day of a six-week mega festival. The akharas or...
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HOLY MARTYRS, ST LEON'S CAPTURE ACSA BASKETBALL TITLES
Newspaper article from: Armenian Reporter, The; 3/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Sarkis in the semifinals a week earlier, 42-23, as...APC defeated 3rd - place Holy Martyrs 40-32 in the...Boys championship game. Holy Martyrs, 9-1 (won...on third place APC. A week earlier. Holy Martyrs defeated 41h...
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HOLY WEEK services.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist. Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar and Solemn...Lighting of the Paschal Candle, Baptism and Holy Eucharist, followed by egg hunt. Ballston Spa...
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 "Herald-News (Joliet, IL)")
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HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 3/26/1999; 700+ words
; ...cantata presented by senior choir. Maundy/Holy Thursday: 7 p.m. worship service with Holy Communion. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Tenebrae...school; 9:30 a.m. worship service with Holy Communion. Cathedral of St. Raymond 604 N...
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HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/4/2009; 700+ words
; HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES Alplaus United Methodist...Cross, 7 p.m. liturgy, 8 p.m. vigil. Holy Saturday: 10 a.m. Blessing of Food, 1 p.m. Blessing of Fire and Holy Water. Easter Sunday: 10 a.m. Mass...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Holy Name Naps; 2008: 9-3 (5-1 Division 1 West); Division 1A Super Bowl Champion.
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 9/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...long to settle the score, as they meet in Week 1 in another classic. 2008 results: St. John's 9 ... Holy Name 8 Holy Name 43 ... St. Peter-Marian 14 Holy Name 18 ... North Middlesex 0 Holy Name 27...
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Holy Family plan on hold; Archdiocese board wants more information on restructuring
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 6/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...certainly didn't reject what the Holy Family board did, they just...of many things in the plan." Holy Family officials met Monday night...gathering to last less than a week, but the real challenge lies...vacations. Sullivan said the Holy Family school board could not...
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HOLY WEEK
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 4/3/1998; 700+ words
; ...Joliet Palm Sunday: 10:15 a.m., (one service only), cantata, worship with Holy Communion. Maundy/Holy Thursday: 7 p.m., worship with Holy Communion. Good Friday: 7 p.m., Tenebrae service. Easter Sunday: 8-9:30 a...
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holy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...religious ceremonies. Holy Week the week before Easter, starting on Palm Sunday. Holy Writ the Bible; writings or sayings of unchallenged authority. Holy Year in the Roman Catholic Church...a Sunday. See also Fourteen Holy Helpers at fourteen , holier-than-thou , the sin ...
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The Holy Vehm
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...apart, and the leaders of the Holy Vehm soon decided that their...was brought before one of the Holy Vehm's courts and was unlikely...Vehm, a splinter group of the Holy Vehm. Once the outlaws, thieves...accused a period of consent of six weeks and three days. Because the...
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Holy Week
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Holy Week week before Easter . Its chief days are named...Sunday , Maundy Thursday , Good Friday , and Holy Saturday. In Christian life it is a week...vigil of the Resurrection on the evening of Holy Saturday. At this time the paschal candle...
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Holy Sepulchre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Holy Sepulchre. The rock cave in Jerusalem where...Crusaders , which also covered the neighbouring holy places, including Calvary . The present church...Sunday mornings, and each celebrates its Holy Week rites according to its own calendar.
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Ferdinand III (Holy Roman Empire) (1608–1657; Ruled 1637–1657)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
FERDINAND III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1608...x2013; 1657) FERDINAND III (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1608...of Hungary and Bohemia and Holy Roman emperor. The son of...on 22 December 1636, a few weeks before his own death. Imperial...
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