Holy Week

Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary (Golgotha). It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum.

commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

annual weeklong Christian religious observance preceding Easter

Maundy Thursday, also referred to as Holy Thursday, or Thursday of the Lord's Supper, among other names, is a Christian feast during Holy Week that marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, and commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels.

Saturday before Easter Sunday

final period in the life of Jesus, before his crucifixion

Wednesday before Easter

Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, and Holy Saturday

day before Palm Sunday in the Orthodox Church

Christian day in Holy Week

christian festival

event before the Passion of the Christ

iconographic cloth depicting the dead body of Christ

thumb|275px|Food blessing in the 19th century, by Michał Elwiro Andriolli Święconka (), meaning "the blessing of the Easter baskets", is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday during Easter. With roots dating back to the early history of Poland, it is also observed by expatriate and their descendants Poles in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden and other Polish communities in the world.

Christian worship to consecrate the holy oils

annual prayer in the Christian, particularly Roman Catholic, liturgy

Religious service held on Maundy Thursday

Solemn remembrance in Catholic Lent

Holy Week service

Christian practice of abstaining from meat, dairy products and alcohol, on Fridays

Jewish sabbath before passover

Lazarákia (, "Little Lazaruses") are small, sweet spice breads made in Greece and Cyprus by Orthodox Christians on Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday that begins Holy Week. They are eaten to celebrate the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. They are shaped like a man wrapped in a shroud, supposedly Saint Lazarus of Bethany, with cloves for eyes. They contain several sweet spices and are a fasting Lenten food, meaning that they do not contain any dairy products or eggs. For that reason, unlike the tsourekia, they are brushed with olive oil instead of egg or butter for a gloss finish.

Passiontide (in the Christian liturgical year) is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and continuing through Lazarus Saturday. It commemorates the suffering of Christ (Latin passio = “suffering”). The second week of Passiontide is Holy Week, ending on Holy Saturday.