Holy Week

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Christian observance liturgical season religious festival period

Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Week canonical	69
Semana Santa	6
Great and Holy Week	2
Holy Week celebrations	2
Holy Week processions	2
Semana Santa (Holy Week)	2
Christian Holy Week (in some traditions)	1
Heilige Woche	1
Holy Week (Coptic observance)	1
Holy Week Passion plays	1
Holy Week in Jerusalem	1
Holy Week offices	1
Passion Week	1
Passion Week in Eastern Christianity	1
Passiontide	1
Semaine Sainte	1
Settimana Santa	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian observance ⓘ liturgical season ⓘ religious festival period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Week ⓘ Holy Week ⓘ surface form: Heilige Woche Holy Week ⓘ surface form: Semaine Sainte Holy Week ⓘ surface form: Semana Santa Holy Week ⓘ surface form: Settimana Santa
associatedWith	Passion plays ⓘ Stations of the Cross ⓘ penitential practices ⓘ processions ⓘ special liturgies ⓘ
calendarBasis	liturgical year ⓘ
commemorates	Passion of Christ ⓘ surface form: Passion of Jesus burial of Jesus ⓘ death of Jesus ⓘ final days of Jesus Christ ⓘ
contains	Paschal Triduum ⓘ
culminatesIn	Easter ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday
dateDetermination	movable feast based on date of Easter ⓘ
follows	Fifth Sunday of Lent ⓘ
includesDay	Good Friday ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ surface form: Holy Monday Holy Saturday ⓘ Holy Tuesday ⓘ Holy Wednesday ⓘ Maundy Thursday ⓘ Palm Sunday ⓘ
languageOfName	French (Semaine Sainte) ⓘ German (Heilige Woche) ⓘ Italian (Settimana Santa) ⓘ Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish (Semana Santa)
liturgicalColor	red (for certain days such as Palm Sunday and Good Friday) ⓘ violet ⓘ
observedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church many other Protestant denominations ⓘ
partOf	Paschal cycle ⓘ surface form: Easter cycle Paschal Triduum ⓘ surface form: Paschal Triduum and related days
precedes	Resurrection Sunday ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday
religion	Christianity ⓘ
startsWith	Palm Sunday ⓘ
theme	preparation for Easter ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ suffering of Christ ⓘ

Referenced by (94)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter → preceededBy → Holy Week ⓘ

Easter → associatedPeriod → Holy Week ⓘ

Good Friday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → marksBeginningOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Lent → associatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Coptic Rite → liturgicalSeason → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week (Coptic observance)

Eastertide → follows → Holy Week ⓘ

Paschal Divine Liturgy → associatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park → notableEvent → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week Passion plays

Sanlúcar de Barrameda → hasReligiousFestivity → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semana Santa

Holy Saturday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Christian cross → associatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Lamentations → liturgicalUse → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Holy Week (in some traditions)

Monserrate Sanctuary → pilgrimagePeak → Holy Week ⓘ

Holy Week → alsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semana Santa

Holy Week → alsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Settimana Santa

Holy Week → alsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semaine Sainte

Holy Week → alsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heilige Woche

Passion of Christ → liturgicalCommemoration → Holy Week ⓘ

Resurrection Sunday → follows → Holy Week ⓘ

Palm Sunday → marksStartOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Palm Sunday → associatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Maundy Thursday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → hasMajorFeastFocus → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week in Jerusalem

Easter Monday → follows → Holy Week ⓘ

Texcoco, Mexico → hasCulturalEvent → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week celebrations

Arrest of Jesus → commemoratedIn → Holy Week ⓘ

Trial of Jesus → commemoratedBy → Holy Week ⓘ

Triodion → usedDuring → Holy Week ⓘ

Triodion → hasSection → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week offices

Syriac liturgical year → hasSeason → Holy Week ⓘ

Passion narrative → associatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Enna → hasFestival → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week processions

Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska → hasPilgrimageSeason → Holy Week ⓘ

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska → hasMajorEvent → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Week processions

Black Saturday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Joyous Saturday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Easter Eve → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Lent → precedes → Holy Week ⓘ

Great Week → isAssociatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Great Week → isAlsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great and Holy Week

Great Week → isAlsoKnownAs → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passion Week

Holy Tuesday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Holy Tuesday → occursDuring → Holy Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passion Week in Eastern Christianity

Iztapalapa Holy Week passion play → occursDuring → Holy Week ⓘ

Way of Sorrows → isAssociatedWith → Holy Week ⓘ

Jesus falls the first time → liturgicalSeason → Holy Week ⓘ

Holy Wednesday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Holy Monday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ

Covenant Thursday → partOf → Holy Week ⓘ