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Holy Week 2028

The week from Palm Sunday to Easter: the entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Cross, and the tomb.

In 2028: Sunday 9 April, in Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant practice alike.

The date

In each branch

Orthodox

Sunday 9 April

Palm Sunday. A Great Feast — fish, wine and oil are allowed even in the Fast.

Open the Orthodox calendar

Catholic

Sunday 9 April

The entry into Jerusalem, with palms and with the reading of the Passion. Holy Week begins.

Open the Catholic calendar

The season

The days around it

  1. Thursday 13 April · Orthodox

    Great and Holy Thursday

    The Mystical Supper, and the washing of the feet.

  2. Thursday 13 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.

  3. Thursday 13 April · Protestant

    Maundy Thursday

    The Last Supper, the washing of the feet, and the new commandment.

  4. Friday 14 April · Orthodox

    Great and Holy Friday

    The Crucifixion. The strictest fast of the year, kept with the Lamentations at the tomb.

  5. Friday 14 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.

  6. Friday 14 April · Protestant

    Good Friday

    The crucifixion. Kept as a fast, in silence and mourning.

  7. Saturday 15 April · Orthodox

    Great and Holy Saturday

    The Lord rests in the tomb, and the Church waits.

  8. Saturday 15 April · Catholic

    Holy Saturday

    The Church waits at the tomb. Nothing is celebrated until the Easter Vigil in the night.

  9. Saturday 15 April · Protestant

    Holy Saturday

    The day of the grave, between the cross and the resurrection.

  10. Sunday 16 April · Orthodox

    Pascha

    The Resurrection — the Feast of Feasts, on which the whole year turns. Christ is risen from the dead.

  11. Sunday 16 April · Catholic

    Easter Sunday

    The Resurrection of the Lord — the greatest solemnity of the year, and the feast every other date is counted from.

  12. Sunday 16 April · Protestant

    Easter Day

    The resurrection of Christ — the feast on which the whole year turns.

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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Holy Week in other years: 2026 · 2027 · 2029. Every holy day of the year is on the calendar and in Christianity.