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The Christian festival of Maundy Thursday, also
known as Holy Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, and Thursday
of Mysteries, is the feast for the Christians or holy day falling on the Thursday
before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.
It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by Holy Wednesday and followed
by Good Friday. These dates in the Julian calendar, on which Eastern churches in general base
their calculations of the date of Easter, correspond throughout the twenty-first
century to 1 April and 5 May in the more commonly used Gregorian calendar. |
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The date of Maundy Thursday is always between 19 March and 22 April inclusive. The Mass of the Lord's Supper initiates the Easter Triduum,
the three days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday that commemorate the Passion,
Death and Resurrection of Jesus. It is normally celebrated in the evening,
when according to Jewish tradition Friday begins.
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