Sunday 5 April
Palm Sunday. A Great Feast — fish, wine and oil are allowed even in the Fast.
Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα & Hebdomada Sancta
Holy Week 2026
The week from Palm Sunday to Easter: the entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Cross, and the tomb.
In 2026: Sunday 29 March in Catholic and Protestant practice, and Sunday 5 April in Orthodox practice.
The date
In each branch
Sunday 29 March
The entry into Jerusalem, with palms and with the reading of the Passion. Holy Week begins.
Sunday 29 March
The entry into Jerusalem, and the beginning of Holy Week.
The season
The days around it
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Thursday 2 April · Catholic
Holy Thursday
The Mass of the Lord's Supper — the institution of the Eucharist and the washing of the feet. Lent ends and the Triduum begins.
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Thursday 2 April · Protestant
Maundy Thursday
The Last Supper, the washing of the feet, and the new commandment.
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Friday 3 April · Catholic
Good Friday
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. A day of fasting and abstinence, and no Mass is offered — today or tomorrow, until the Vigil.
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Friday 3 April · Protestant
Good Friday
The crucifixion. Kept as a fast, in silence and mourning.
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Saturday 4 April · Catholic
Holy Saturday
The Church waits at the tomb. Nothing is celebrated until the Easter Vigil in the night.
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Saturday 4 April · Protestant
Holy Saturday
The day of the grave, between the cross and the resurrection.
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Sunday 5 April · Catholic
Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord — the greatest solemnity of the year, and the feast every other date is counted from.
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Sunday 5 April · Protestant
Easter Day
The resurrection of Christ — the feast on which the whole year turns.
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Thursday 9 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Thursday
The Mystical Supper, and the washing of the feet.
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Friday 10 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Friday
The Crucifixion. The strictest fast of the year, kept with the Lamentations at the tomb.
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Saturday 11 April · Orthodox
Great and Holy Saturday
The Lord rests in the tomb, and the Church waits.
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Sunday 12 April · Orthodox
Pascha
The Resurrection — the Feast of Feasts, on which the whole year turns. Christ is risen from the dead.
In ActivePray, each branch’s holy days and fasts come in its own year, with reminders for them, and every prayer at its hour.
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