Christians across Los Angeles County celebrated Maundy Thursday and many will attend church on Good Friday, April 18, to honor the day when Jesus died on the cross.

In Christianity, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples before the Last Supper to show followers to serve one another. Following Maundy Thursday — also called Holy Thursday — many churches including ...

Also known as Maundy Thursday, the custom was introduced to imitate Jesus washing the feet of the the Twelve Apostles at the Last Supper the night before he was crucified.

The ceremony commemorates Jesus’s Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples as an act of humility the day before Good Friday.

According to the Vatican's online message on Maundy Thursday, on this day Catholics remember Jesus' Last Supper (his last meal with the 12 disciples), the moments leading up to his cruxifiction ...

Today, the Catholic Church is celebrating Maundy Thursday, or Thursday of the Gathering (Ħamis ix-Xirka in Maltese), referring to the evening Jesus and his disciples met for the Last Supper ...