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Holy Week. Miércoles Santo (Holy Wednesday) in Cádiz, Spain. In Christianity, Holy Wednesday commemorates the Bargain of Judas as a clandestine spy among the disciples. [ 1 ] It is also called Spy Wednesday, [ 2 ] or Good Wednesday (in Western Christianity), [ 3 ] and Great and Holy Wednesday (in Eastern Christianity).
Holy Week. The entry of Jesus and his disciples into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, is the last week of Lent, between Palm Sunday and the dusk of Maundy Thursday. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday along with the Saturday of Lazarus marks the two-day transition between the 40 days of Great Lent and Holy Week.
A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries, especially those with a Catholic culture. Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image of the crucified Christ are carried aloft by foot on shoulder-borne pasos (or on ...
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. The six-week period is a significant time of year leading up to Easter.
Alexandrea prays during the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 22, 2023. Christians commonly celebrate Ash Wednesday with ashes on their forehead ...
Tenebrae (/ ˈ t ɛ n ə b r eɪ,-b r i / [1] —Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a "strepitus" or "loud noise" taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.
Chappell Roan attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024, in Elmont, New York. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images
Ash Wednesday is traditionally observed with fasting and abstinence from meat in several Christian denominations. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As it is the first day of Lent, many Christians begin Ash Wednesday by marking a Lenten calendar , praying a Lenten daily devotional , and making a Lenten sacrifice that they will not partake of until the arrival ...