Palm Sunday is the first day of the Holy Week and commemorates Jesus Christ's entry to Jerusalem. When is Holy Thursday? Holy Thursday is on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Holy Week kicked off this week with Palm Sunday on April 13. Here's the remaining significant dates for the week until Sunday's Easter holiday.

The week’s concluding day, Easter Sunday, lands on the first Sunday following the Paschal full moon. This full moon occurs on or after the spring equinox, whose 2025 astronomical date was March 20.

Holy Week started with Palm Sunday April 13. It ends with Easter on April 20. Maundy Thursday marks the day when Jesus celebrate the Passover with his disciples, followed by his arrest in the ...

Convalescing pope opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter’s Square A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 ...

Holy Week is one of the most important and solemn periods of the Christian calendar. It is the week leading up to Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday and including Maundy Thursday. Palm Sunday this ...

This Holy Week, Christians around the World remember the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious Resurrection ...

Holy Week immerses us into the sacred pattern of reality itself. It mirrors our life: a journey marked by love, loss, waiting, surrender and — by grace — resurrection.

Vatican City, Apr 17, 2025 / 07:00 am. Jubilee of Hope pilgrims are undertaking two ancient church pilgrimages this week to prayerfully prepare for Easter: St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches ...

On Saturday, the eve of Holy Week, Francis went to the St. Mary Major Basilica in central Rome to pray privately before a favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani.