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Holy Week
Hebdomada Sancta la
Annual weeklong Christian religious observance preceding Easter
A discipline,
as the records
describe it.
Rites and disciplines
Parts
Observances within Holy Week
Observances whose own records name Holy Week as their whole.
What this means
Records that name Holy Week as their whole (Wikidata’s “part of”), read from their end, each with the days its own record says it is kept on. It is not a complete list of the observances, and not a claim about how they are kept together.
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Kept 22 March · 25 April and 1 moreEaster
Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus -
Kept Easter − 3 daysMaundy Thursday
Christian holiday commemorating the Last Supper -
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Kept Easter − 1 dayHoly Saturday
Saturday before Easter Sunday -
Kept Easter − 4 daysHoly Wednesday
Wednesday before Easter -
Paschal Triduum
Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, and Holy Saturday -
Kept Easter − 6 daysHoly Monday
Christian day in Holy Week
Sources
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