Holy Week does not include Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday, the first day of Easter Week, immediately follows Holy Week and is its culmination – a day of joyous celebration. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Holy Week starts on Lazarus Saturday, the day before Palm Sunday.When is Holy Week 2026...
TWO years ago, before film director Gil M. Portes was told that it's more fun in the Philippines, he came up with a little movie that's long on laughs and irony and called it Two Funerals. (There's "fun" in "funeral," right?)Manila Bulletin...
Lent is a holy time celebrated in the Christian calendar, and the dates change every year. Find out when the event that leads up to Easter Sunday starts and when Lent ends in 2024.
*In the years when St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday or during Holy Week, the Almanac keeps it there and treats it as a secular holiday only. Churches may transfer this to another date, however, for the feast day. Or, cities may change their official celebration date. Who Was St....
When does the fall semester 2023 start astronomically? Usually, when we talk about the first day in the fall season, we are referring to the beginning of the astronomical fall season, which is determined by the Earth's axis and its...
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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and is an important Christian festival around the world. It falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday and is therefore, like Easter, a movable feast (i.e. a religious celebration or observance which does not occur on the same date each year). ...
When does India celebrate the Holi Festival? Known as the Festival of Colors, Holi is celebrated to mark the beginning of spring. The specific date of the Holi Festival can vary from year to year, as it's observed on the full moon day of Phagun (12th) month in the Hindu calendar, whi...
If you’re looking for fun festivals and events in Playa del Carmen, I recommend checking out the Sacred Mayan Journey around the end of May, Semana Santa Holy Week in late March, and Day Of The Dead on November 1st.If you’re vacationing in Mexico and want something different than Cancu...
As Holy Week approached in 1858, Father Ortiz arranged the removal of Penitente-related images and vestments from the chapel. Taking the santos and vestments at this sacred time was calculated to impede the Holy Week ceremonies scheduled to soon take place there. This outraged Padre Martinez who...