What happens during Holy Week?

Answer 1

Which Holy week? We have many.

Answer'Holy Week' normally refers to the last week in Jesus' life.

It begins with Palm Sunday - the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and the crowds waved palm leaves at him as a sign of respect.

The week progressed with Jesus teaching in the Temple and rising against the hypocritical Jewish authorities. On the Thursday, Jesus and his disciples had the last supper where he instituted the Eucharist (sharing of bread and wine in remembrance of him). Later that evening he was arrested.

The Friday sees his trials, scourging and crucifixion.

Saturday sees hiis resting in the tomb

Holy week finishes on Saturday evening/Easter Sunday morning with the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

Answer 2

Holy Week begins with the celebration of the Passion on Palm Sunday. Usually on Holy Thursday morning (or early in the week if necessity requires it, all the priests of the diocese meet in the Cathedral for the Chrism Mass. Then on Holy Thursday evening the Mass of the Lord's Supper is celebrated in which the priest washes the feet of twelve men. On Good Friday, the Passion is celebrated usually around 3 pm, and the Stations of the Cross are usually observed this day. On Holy Saturday, everything ceases, except for Confessions, and the Last Rites for the dying, as the Church remembers Our Blessed Lord in the grave, and then, after sundown, the Easter Vigil begins celebrating the Resurrection. It is at this three hour Vigil that Catechumens make their profession and come into the Church.