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Holy Saturday
Sabbatum Sanctum la
Saturday before Easter Sunday
- Also called Great Sabbath, Black Saturday, Easter Eve
Overview
Saturday before Easter SundayWikidata record description. Read Holy Saturday in the Wikipedia reader.
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When it is kept
The days of the year it is kept, as its record gives them.
- As recorded Easter − 1 day
More practices in Christianity
The practices this collection holds that are most widely recorded.
- Kept 6, 7 and 19 January · 24 and 25 December and 1 more
Christmas
holiday originating in Christianity, usually December 25 - Kept 22 March · 25 April and 1 more
Easter
Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus -
baptism
Christian rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water - Kept Easter + 49 days
Pentecost
Christian holiday commemorating the New Testament stories of the Holy Spirit descenting upon the Apostles of Jesus - Kept Easter − 2 days
Good Friday
Christian holiday -
communion
Christian rite observed by consuming bread and wine
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