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Holy Week

Holy Week week before Easter . Its chief days are named Palm Sunday , Maundy Thursday , Good Friday , and Holy Saturday. In Christian life it is a week of devout observance, commemorating the Passion and Jesus' death on the cross. The liturgies have special features and services, e.g., Tenebrae . In the Roman Catholic Church these rise to a climax with the vigil of the Resurrection on the evening of Holy Saturday. At this time the paschal candle is blessed with the hymn Exsultet, and Lent, with its fast, ends at midnight.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Holy Week. The week preceding Easter, observed in liturgical churches as a period of remembrance of, and attachment to the passion of Christ.

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Holy Week. The week preceding Easter, observed as a period of devotion to the Passion of Christ. For the current ceremonies proper to each day, see PALM SUNDAY, MAUNDY THURSDAY, GOOD FRIDAY, and PASCHAL VIGIL SERVICE.

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