Holy Saturday is part of the Easter season.
They don't, Easter Saturday is the Saturday following Easter. Holy Saturday is the day before Easter.
It can be called Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday.
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Nothing, of course a cross is not normally used in the Catholic Church, it is a Crucifix, and it is still there on Holy Saturday.
Morning Prayer ( Liturgy of the Hours). There is no Mass on Holy Saturday, before the Easter Vigil.
Black Saturday sometimes is used to refer to Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. It is rarely used, at least, in the United States.
It is not sung on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil Mass that evening;then it is sung after the reading of the Epistle
The crucifix is covered on Good Friday and Holy Saturday to represent Jesus being in the tomb.
April 9, 2009
Yes, it's much longer, though, as churches often have their adult converts baptized as this mass.
Holy Saturday