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Holy Week

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Holy Week

In the Christian church, the last week of Lent, when Christians commemorate the events that led up to the crucifixion of Jesus. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and includes Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the Last Supper; Good Friday; and Holy Saturday.

Preparations for Easter start during Lent. During Holy Week Christians read the passion narratives (accounts of Jesus' last days) from the four Gospels.
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But this was not so easy a matter, for the streets were thronged with people, and Rome was already a prey to that low and feverish murmur which precedes all great events; and at Rome there are four great events in every year, -- the Carnival, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, and the Feast of St.
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