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Holy Saturday
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Saturday before Easter Sunday
Holy Saturday is the day before Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar, marking the time between Jesus's crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. It holds significance in Christian tradition as a day of waiting and reflection, often observed with special religious services and practices.
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- Christian holy day
- Part of
- Holy Week
- Has part
- Easter vigil
- Named after
- Saturday
- Followed by
- Easter
- Follows
- Good Friday
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- Easter Saturday
- commemorates
- Harrowing of Hell
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Encyclopedic overview
Holy Saturday (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum) is the final day of Holy Week, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and when Christians prepare for the Christian feast of Easter.
The day commemorates the Harrowing of Hell while Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb. Christians of the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations begin the celebration of the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday, which provides a transition to the season of Eastertide; in the Moravian Christian tradition, graves are decorated with flowers during the day of Holy Saturday and the celebration of the sunrise service starts before dawn on Easter Sunday. Congregations of the Reformed and Methodist denominations may hold either the Easter Vigil or an Easter Sunday sunrise service.
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