Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Last Supper', 1494-1498. The mural painting was for the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan and was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While it's known by a few other names (more on that below), Maundy Thursday is a celebration that consists of Christians ...

This includes what it is, why it's a holy day, what happened on this day — and what to avoid. What is Holy Thursday? Why is Thursday a holy day? What happened on Holy Thursday? What should we avoid on ...

Before you dye your eggs for Easter Sunday, you can take time to celebrate this lesser-known holiday in Holy Week. Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, is just one of the spring holidays that ...

As the Sacred Triduum begins Holy Thursday, the Church ponders three interconnected realities: Christ’s washing of the feet of his apostles, instituting the Eucharist, and establishing the priesthood ...

Maundy Thursday 2025: Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church Raphael Thattil touches the feet of a faithful as part of the Maundy Thursday observance at the St. Francis Assisi Cathedral Church, ...

Pope Francis presided over a Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations. Pope Francis encouraged the priests ...

Christians today observe Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the Last Supper and Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Here are five important things to know about Maundy Thursday: What does Maundy ...

Holy Thursday inaugurates the Triduum, the three days of ceaseless prayer in which the Church commemorates the Lord’s passion, death and resurrection. But, in a sense, the Holy Thursday liturgy frames ...

Easter is just around the corner! Many people began preparing for this religious event on Ash Wednesday and throughout the Lenten season. But before Easter weekend officially begins with Good Friday ...

Often overshadowed by the significance of Easter Sunday and Good Friday, Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of Holy Week, and - like Easter - is usually observed at different times by the Western and ...

Last year, I reflected on different aspects of the Holy Thursday liturgy, which is surely among the most beautiful and moving in the entire year. This year, I should like to focus on one seemingly ...