Holy Week marks the final week of Lent for Christians and leads up to Easter Sunday. In 2026, Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday on March 29 through Easter Sunday on April 5, commemorating the events ...
Maundy Thursday begins the final stretch to Easter. See what the day commemorates and how it fits into Holy Week in 2026.
Christians around the world celebrate the Holy Week with processions and reenactments. The week between Palm Sunday and ...
Learn more about the rituals of a Maundy Thursday service.
Holy Week is upon us. It begins with Palm Sunday (commemorating the greeting of Christ in Jerusalem) and culminates in Easter one week later (marking the Resurrection of Christ). Easter is considered ...
Holy Week is the holiest week of the Greek Orthodox Church, symbolizing the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Holy Week 2026 begins with Palm Sunday on March 29 and concludes with Easter Sunday on April 5. The Jewish holiday of Passover will begin on April 1, 2026, overlapping with Holy Week. Easter's date is ...
Here's the calendar for Holy Week 2026, what Palm Sunday is and what to know about other Holy Week days. Easter Sunday will fall on April 5 in 2026. In 2025, Easter fell much later in the month, on ...
Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church: The last day of Jesus ...
During his 13-year pontificate, Pope Francis made the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the washing of feet into one of its distinct hallmarks. Instead of celebrating Mass at the Basilica of ...
Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican.
As Easter nears, here’s a simple guide to Palm Sunday, its significance in Christianity and where it fits in Holy Week 2026.