Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to the Resurrection.

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday until Easter. Holy Thursday (sometimes called Maundy Thursday after the Latin mandatum or command to love one another) commemorates the Christian celebration of the ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in ... of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days ...

With the blossoming of spring brings the holiest day in the Christian religion — the celebration of Easter. See when the holiday is observed in 2025.