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.

Aliases (14)

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

Statements (50)

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

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Saturday → Easter Eve → Good Friday → Holy Monday → Holy Saturday → Holy Tuesday → Holy Wednesday → Joyous Saturday → Maundy Thursday →	partOf
Christian cross → Lent → Palm Sunday → Paschal Divine Liturgy → Passion narrative →	associatedWith
Holy Week ("Semana Santa") → Holy Week ("Settimana Santa") → Holy Week ("Semaine Sainte") → Holy Week ("Heilige Woche") →	alsoKnownAs
Easter Monday → Eastertide → Resurrection Sunday →	follows
Great Week ("Great and Holy Week") → Great Week ("Passion Week") →	isAlsoKnownAs
Great Week → Way of Sorrows →	isAssociatedWith
Coptic Rite ("Holy Week (Coptic observance)") → Jesus falls the first time →	liturgicalSeason
Holy Tuesday ("Passion Week in Eastern Christianity") → Iztapalapa Holy Week passion play →	occursDuring
Easter →	associatedPeriod
Trial of Jesus →	commemoratedBy
Arrest of Jesus →	commemoratedIn
Texcoco, Mexico ("Holy Week celebrations") →	hasCulturalEvent
Enna ("Holy Week processions") →	hasFestival
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska ("Holy Week processions") →	hasMajorEvent
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ("Holy Week in Jerusalem") →	hasMajorFeastFocus
Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska →	hasPilgrimageSeason
Sanlúcar de Barrameda ("Semana Santa") →	hasReligiousFestivity
Syriac liturgical year →	hasSeason
Triodion ("Holy Week offices") →	hasSection
Passion of Christ →	liturgicalCommemoration
Lamentations ("Christian Holy Week (in some traditions)") →	liturgicalUse
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem →	marksBeginningOf
Palm Sunday →	marksStartOf
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park ("Holy Week Passion plays") →	notableEvent
Monserrate Sanctuary →	pilgrimagePeak
Fifth Sunday of Lent →	precedes
Easter →	preceededBy
Triodion →	usedDuring