Holy Week
Theme:
Reenacting the Passion of Our Lord.
Dates:
Holy Week is the last week of Lent. Holy Week begins on 4 April 2004 and ends on 10 April 2004.
Colors:
In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can't be removed in black.
The East:
In the Eastern Church, this is called the Great Week. They have the same celebrations, but the dates are different because they use the Julian Calendar to calculate Easter.
Special Days:
Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday).
Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday).
Good Friday.
Holy Saturday.
The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin for "three days".
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