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Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his Passion. Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations. Holy Saturday: Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Holy Tuesday and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. In the Roman Catholic Church, the readings for the Novus Ordo are Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 71:1-6, Psalm 71:15, Psalm 71:17; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; and John 13:21-33, John 13:36-38.
Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday . Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession ; the ritual burning of the previous year's Holy Week palms; finalizing one's ...
Passiontide and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. Passiontide (in the Christian liturgical year) is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and continuing through Lazarus Saturday.
Whereas, during Great Lent each week has its own theme, during Holy Week each day has its own theme, again based upon the Gospel readings for the day: Holy and Great Monday—Joseph the all-comely as a type of Christ, and the account of The Fig Tree (Matthew 21:18–22) Holy and Great Tuesday—the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1–13)
Later it became common to hold the devotion around the feast of Corpus Christi. One of the most important documents pertaining to this devotion is the Constitution Graves et diuturnae of Pope Clement VIII, of 25 November 1592, in which the pontiff strongly commended the practice of unwearied prayer.
In the ordinary form of the Roman Rite, the last day of Christmas Time is the Sunday after the Solemnity of the Epiphany, or the Sunday after January 6 in places where Epiphany is moved to always occur on a Sunday. Ordinary Time begins the following Monday, and the weekdays that follow are reckoned as belonging to the first week of Ordinary Time.