Saturday 7 April 2007

Happy Holy Saturday

Religiously, Easter is pretty much the biggest celebration of the year. Before and after Easter Sunday are tons of celebrations and Holy days. My favorite being Palm Sunday which I missed celebrating this year.
*Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter
. The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John) - the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. I don’t even know what that means, but it is customary in many churches for the worshippers to receive palm leaves. These are usually folded into the shape of little crosses, and I always thought they were so neat.
*Good Friday - the Friday before Easter,
commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
*Holy Saturday - it is said on this day Christ
"rested" in the tomb, in death.
*Easter Sunday - celebrates the resurrection of Jesus

*Easter Monday - the post-Easter festivities involved a week of celebration, but has been reduced to one day

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