The purpose of Holy Week is to reenact, relive, and participate in the passion of Jesus Christ. Holy Week is the same in the eastern and western Church, but because eastern Christians use the ...

A complete guide to Semana Santa, most commonly celebrated throughout Andalusia, taking place April 13 to April 20 this year, ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter ... During Palm Sunday Mass, the Gospel account of the Passion of Christ is announced, with the priest, deacon, readers and congregation reading aloud ...

Listed by UNESCO as Intangible World Heritage, the country's Holy Week is one of the world’s most exuberant Easter ...

In Holy Week and at Easter that story gathers pace and reaches its climax. We are slightly tempted to focus on mere moments – a supper in an upper room, an arrest, a crucifixion. In the hands of the ...

Before the start of Holy Week, we spoke with two main cast ... massively popular religious project, Mel Gibson's The Passion ...

Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday ... Friday which commemorates the crucifixion of Christ. The rest of the days of the week are known as Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, and ...