We all know about Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but many of us aren’t aware of Maundy Thursday. While we don’t get a day off ...

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the institution of the sacrament of the priesthood. Sunday, February 16, 2025 A service of ...

Easter is commonly thought to take place over a weekend, but Maundy Thursday is a key part of the story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. The day before Good Friday, the fifth day in Holy Week ...

The time from sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Day is also known as the Triduum, which is Latin for “three days.” Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

Christmas might be the most wonderful time of the year, but Holy Week is the holiest. Next week, we have the opportunity to once again, or for the first time, hear just how far God would go in his ...

Holy Thursday is on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Also known as Maundy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter, which commemorates the Eucharist during the Last Supper and the final meal Jesus Christ ...

That Thursday is also known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday. Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, is the end of the pre-Lenten season and has become a day synonymous with ...

(John 13:9). The other disciples are pictured loosening their sandals. The service of Holy Thursday morning is dedicated exclusively to the Passover Supper, which Christ celebrated with his twelve ...

The institution of the sacrament of Holy Communion is the second event that the Orthodox Church remembers on Holy Thursday. The sacrament of Holy Communion, instituted by the Lord before His ...