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Holy Thursday

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Holy Thursday

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) another name for Maundy Thursday

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a rare name for Ascension Day

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Ascen′sion Day`

the 40th day after Easter, commemorating the Ascension of Christ; Holy Thursday.

[1325–75]

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Noun

Holy Thursday - the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper

Maundy Thursday

Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians

Translations

الخَميس المُقَدَّس، خَميس الغُسُلعيد الصُّعود

NanebevstoupeníZelený čtvrtek

Kristi HimmelfartsdagSkærtorsdag

Christi Himmelfahrt Gründonnerstag

skjærtorsdag

Kutsal PerşembeMiraç günüPaskalyadan önceki Perşembe günü

复活节后第四十天以后的第一个星期四濯足星期四耶稣升天节

holy

(ˈhəuli) adjective

1. (worthy of worship or respect because) associated with God, Jesus, a saint etc; sacred. the Holy Bible; holy ground.

2. good; pure; following the rules of religion. a holy life.

ˈholiness noun

1. the state of being holy.

2. (with capital. with His, ~Your etc) a title of the Pope.

the Holy Father

the Pope.

Holy ˈThursday noun

1. Ascension Day.

2. Maundy Thursday.

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One Holy Thursday of all days in the almanack, we was here as we mid be now, only there was no churning in hand, when we zid the girl's mother coming up to the door, wi' a great brass-mounted umbrella in her hand that would ha' felled an ox, and saying 'Do Jack Dollop work here?--because I want him!

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According to beliefs about this day, the souls of the dead who are in Heaven one the Holy Thursday are gathered.

Today is Spasovden!

And according to the Bible Diary, a publication of the Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc., Lent ends on Holy Thursday, before the evening mass of the Lord's Supper.

Humbling our spirit: Easter season goes beyond Lent

On Holy Thursday, Father Orbos urged people to 'have a candlelit dinner with the Lord.

FOOD FOR THE SOUL FROM FR. JERRY ORBOS

Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, the Seven Last Words (12 p.m.) and Commemoration of the Lord's Passion (3 p.m.) on Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil Mass at 8 p.m.

Manila Cathedral now has sign language interpreters for PWDs during Mass

Growing up in a highly conservative Roman Catholic family, you've probably experienced joining Visita Iglesia, which literally means 'church visit', on Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

Two Faces of Lent Season

Lessons we learned from Maundy Thursday !-- -- It is now Maundy or Holy Thursday, but at the start of the Holy Week we were shocked to learn that the world famous and biggest Gothic Church named after the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was on fire.

Lessons we learned from Maundy Thursday

On Holy Thursday, Francis will travel to the city of Velletri, south of Rome, to wash and kiss the feet of 12 inmates in a prison there to commemorate Jesus' gesture of humility toward his apostles on the night before he died.

On Palm Sunday, Pope says Church needs to be humble

* Holy Thursday, April 18: Morning prayer at 8 a.m.; Mass of the Lord's Supper (with incense) at 7 p.m.; and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the Mass until midnight.

St. Catherine of Siena sets Easter worship schedule

The TUPAD would be for 30 days starting on March 25 excluding the observance of the Holy Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

DOLE readies alternative jobs for El Nino-hit farm workers

ROME * Christian leaders, government officials and humanitarian organizations raised a cry in late January after Italy's anti-immigration interior minister ordered the closure of the Center for Asylum Seekers where Pope Francis celebrated Holy Thursday Mass in 2016 and washed the feet of refugees.