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Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names, [note 1] is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels. [1] It is the fifth day of Holy Week, preceded by Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday) and followed by Good Friday. [2] "
The Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches practice the ritual of the Washing of Feet on Holy and Great Thursday (Maundy Thursday) according to their ancient rites. The service may be performed either by a bishop, washing the feet of twelve priests; or by an Hegumen (Abbot) washing the feet of twelve members of the brotherhood of his ...
While the observances among our churches vary, the events of Maundy Thursday—the final Passover meal, the washing of feet, the time of prayer and arrest at the Garden of Gethsemane—are all ...
Christian observance of Passover is in modern times referred to as Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday and is held the day before Good Friday. Sometimes a shortened Seder meal is practiced. Many churches do a washing of the feet of the congregation on this day in recognition of Jesus washing the apostles feet at the last supper.
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The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It inaugurates the Easter Triduum , [ 3 ] and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass .
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]