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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Days, and Months, and Times: Some of the Easter Week observances

A brief list that might be helpful in conjunction with the next post, I am afraid of you.

  • Palm Sunday – receive palm branches or palm crosses signifying Jesus’ ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem.
  • Daily Devotional – 8-Day Devotional and Coloring booklet for Passion Week.
  • Holy Monday – represents the day of the cleansing of the Temple.
  • Holy Tuesday – represents Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives.
  • Holy Wednesday – into the darkness; service of Tenebrae (where candles are gradually extinguished, creating a sense of darkness), signifying Jesus abandoned by his disciples. 
  • Maundy Thursday – the Last Supper instituted, Jesus’s betrayal by Judas Iscariot, and his arrest at the Garden of Gethsemane, often including a representation of foot washing; might in some instances include a Jewish Pesach Supper.
  • Good Friday – recognized as the day of crucifixion, and may include fasting, with meditation and veneration of the cross.
  • Holy Saturday – burial of Jesus, a late-night Easter Vigil service represents women watching the tomb.
  • Easter Sunday – commemorates the resurrection, often with sunrise services, Easter breakfast, Easter egg hunts, in addition to regular worship services. Churches averse to the word “Easter” may call it “Resurrection Sunday” instead.

Perhaps looking here (see link) will provide better understanding of some of this stuff (often, I do not really get it): Journey through Lent with Jesus.

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