When is Easter 2013?
By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide
Question: When Is Easter 2013?
Easter 2013, the greatest feast day in the Christian 2013 calendar, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. What is the date of Easter 2013?
Answer: Easter Sunday falls on March 31, 2013.
For the date of Easter in other years, see When Is Easter? For the date of Eastern Orthodox Easter 2013, see When Greek Orthodox Easter Is Celebrated (from the About.com GuideSite to Greece Travel).
For the dates of other Holy Days of Obligation and moveable feasts associated with Easter 2013, see the Catholic 2013 calendar.
Easter 2013, the greatest feast day in the Christian 2013 calendar, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. What is the date of Easter 2013?
Answer: Easter Sunday falls on March 31, 2013.
For the date of Easter in other years, see When Is Easter? For the date of Eastern Orthodox Easter 2013, see When Greek Orthodox Easter Is Celebrated (from the About.com GuideSite to Greece Travel).
For the dates of other Holy Days of Obligation and moveable feasts associated with Easter 2013, see the Catholic 2013 calendar.
When is Good Friday 2013?
By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide
Question: When Is Good Friday 2013?
In the Catholic Church, Good Friday is the day on which we commemorate the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, the act that brought salvation to all who believe. It is the culmination of Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday, and it takes place two days before Easter Sunday.
Answer: Good Friday falls on March 29, 2013. For the date of Good Friday in other years, see When Is Good Friday?
In the Catholic Church, Good Friday is the day on which we commemorate the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross, the act that brought salvation to all who believe. It is the culmination of Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday, and it takes place two days before Easter Sunday.
Answer: Good Friday falls on March 29, 2013. For the date of Good Friday in other years, see When Is Good Friday?
What is Maundy Thursday?
By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide
Definition: Maundy Thursday is a common and popular name for Holy Thursday, the first day of the Easter Triduum, the final three days of Lent before Easter. Coming at the high point of Holy Week or Passiontide, Maundy Thursday commemorates Christ's Last Supper, at which He instituted the Eucharist, the Mass, and the priesthood.
Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin word mandatum, which means "commandment." Near the end of the Last Supper, after Judas had departed, Christ said to His disciples, "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
The name Maundy Thursday is today more common among Protestants than among Catholics, who tend to use Holy Thursday, while Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox refer to Maundy Thursday as Great and Holy Thursday.
You can find the date of Maundy Thursday in this and future years in When Is Holy Thursday?
Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin word mandatum, which means "commandment." Near the end of the Last Supper, after Judas had departed, Christ said to His disciples, "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
The name Maundy Thursday is today more common among Protestants than among Catholics, who tend to use Holy Thursday, while Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox refer to Maundy Thursday as Great and Holy Thursday.
You can find the date of Maundy Thursday in this and future years in When Is Holy Thursday?
When Is Holy Week 2013?
By Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide
Question: When Is Holy Week 2013?
Holy Week 2013 is the final week before Easter 2013 and the last week of Lent 2013. When is Holy Week 2013?
Answer: Holy Week, which commemorates the Passion of Christ, begins on Palm Sunday 2013, which falls on March 24, 2013. Holy Week 2013 ends on Holy Saturday 2013, which falls on March 30, 2013.
You can find Holy Week dates for other years in When Is Holy Week?
Holy Week 2013 is the final week before Easter 2013 and the last week of Lent 2013. When is Holy Week 2013?
Answer: Holy Week, which commemorates the Passion of Christ, begins on Palm Sunday 2013, which falls on March 24, 2013. Holy Week 2013 ends on Holy Saturday 2013, which falls on March 30, 2013.
You can find Holy Week dates for other years in When Is Holy Week?