Holy Week
Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek: Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, Megale Hebdomas) is the commemoration of the last week of Jesus Christ's ministry on earth. Holy Week is the last week of Lent. It begins with Palm Sunday and leads up to Easter Sunday.
Holy Week Media
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851)
Holy Tuesday in Venezuela
Maundy Thursday ceremony in a Church in Wales parish church during a Maundy Thursday service of worship
A Washing of Feet ceremony on Holy Thursday in the Armenian Orthodox church
Good Friday in Enna, Italy
A Good Friday procession in Ecuador. The man is shown holding a cross, representing the one upon which Jesus was crucified.
The General Good Friday Procession in Valladolid, Spain in front of the City Hall.
Other websites
- Calculate Easter Dates as well as other main variable Feasts during and after Passover
- The Days of Holy Week Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine at The Christian Resource Institute
- Holy Week and Easter Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Fast Facts from AOL Research & Learn
- Holy Week from the Catholic Encyclopedia
