Maundy Thursday is the last day of Lent. Because Lent always starts exactly 46 days before Easter Sunday, its dates always depend on Easter, which is a floating holiday. So how do we determine Easter? It's got a lot to do with the Moon. According to Christian tradition, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full Moon that occurs on or just after the spring equinox and the Christian Church calendars state that the spring equinox always falls on March In , the first full Moon after March 21 takes place on March 28, which means Easter falls on the following Sunday, April 4.
Subtract 46 days from that and you get the first day of Lent, February There you have it! And if you want to follow even more Christian traditions, check out the most creative things to give up for Lent. Product Reviews. Home Ideas.
United States. The celebration of Lent is a six-week-long event in the Christian calendar when Christians are meant to be "encouraged to find [their] own method of confronting [their] sinfulness, remembering [their] mortality, and giving thanks for the gift of salvation [they] receive through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ," according to the United Methodist Church's website. The word "Lent" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term "lencten" relating to the lengthening of days , which translates to "spring.
Here's a look at the holy time that will occur from Wednesday, February 17, to Saturday, April 3, The holiday is 40 days long, not including Sundays. So, technically, it's 46 days long. Why is it 40 days, you might wonder? The United Methodist Church states, "It is a time of preparation and focus, reminiscent of Jesus' time in the wilderness before he started his public ministry. This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, February 17, The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday.
On Ash Wednesday, priests gather ashes from the previous Palm Sunday more on that later and rub them on congregants' foreheads.
They do this while citing Genesis " For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Another option is to give themselves to a cause, which could include volunteering. In Scripture, people placed palm branches on the road as Jesus road on a donkey into Jerusalem. Catholics usually have a blessing of palms and then hold the palms as the priest enters the church. Passion Sunday is another name for Palm Sunday.
This name is appropriate because at the Mass for this Sunday, the passion of the Lord is traditionally read. Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. The holy day falls on the Thursday before Easter and is part of Holy Week. Jesus celebrated the dinner as a Passover feast.
Maundy Thursday is an ancient English name for Holy Thursday. Good Friday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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