Most Christian denominations have their religious observances on Sunday because they say they are commemorating the day Christ rose from the dead.
Some denomination meet on Saturday, in keeping with the Old Testament commandment to keep the 7th day of the week a holy day.
Another answerThe Sabbath means rest. Just as God created the universe in six days, and rested on the seventh, He said that we are to rest on the seventh day.
Exodus 28:8-11 says:
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: 9 You are to labor six days and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work-you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates. 11 For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.
Another answerRoman Emperor Constantine in the 4th century commanded that all must now keep the day of The Sun. He was a sun worshiper his entire life and was only baptised just before his death. In order to synchronize followers of Yeshua (Jesus) with pagan rituals he forbade the following of all things "Jewish" including worshiping on the Sabbath under, eventually, the penalty of death.
To that point almost all believers kept the feasts, the Sabbaths and other scriptural things that were passed down to them by the Apostles that God had commanded that all who follow Him were to do forever.
Point of fact, the beginning of the 1st day is not Sunday morning. That is not how God measures days. (Read Genesis 1) The beginning of a day is at sunset. So Yeshua (Jesus) rose sometime shortly after the sun set on what is referred to as Saturday at the end of the weekly Sabbath.
This is important because the distinction God makes throughout scripture is that any people who belong to Him will worship on the day He called the Sabbath not some arbitrary day of our own choosing.
Holy Week is the seven day period before Jesus was resurrected. It begins on Palm Sunday - the day which Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
His Crucifixion is what made it a Holy Week. It took place on the Friday of Holy Week - the day we call 'Good Friday'.
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It is called Palm Sunday.
Holy Week has been celebrated ever since the death of Jesus Christ.
On Tuesday of Holy Week, Jesus cleansed the temple in Jerusalem, overturning tables and driving out those who were buying and selling.
Holy Week is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday. It commemorates the last week on Earth of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Holy Week is the entire week before Easter Sunday. Usually celebration/commemoration of the events leading to the death of Jesus Christ begin on Palm Sunday. In some traditions, the Wednesday of Holy Week is sometimes known as Spy Wednesday. The next significant date in the church's calendar is Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday. Good Friday, (the horrifying day that Christians believe the human race nailed their own God and Savior, Jesus Christ, to the cross) follows. The last day of Holy Week is Holy Saturday (not, as is often believed, Easter Saturday, which is a week later). The day that Jesus Christ is believed to have risen from the dead and ascended into Heaven to claim His throne is known as Easter Sunday (or, more properly, the First Sunday of Easter) and, although celebrated seamlessly as part of the events commemorated in Holy Week, is not in the same week of the year as Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday. The week of the year in which Easter (and, therefore, Holy Week) falls is determined by a complicated formula related to the full moon after the vernal equinox. This means that Holy Week can start as early as March 15 and as late as April 18 in the Western Christian tradition. Due to use of a slightly different formula, the Orthodox churches can celebrate Holy Week and Easter in a completely different week.
It is centred of Jesus Christ. The journey through Holy Week reflects his journey from the trimphant entry into Jerusalem, through the plotting by the Jewish authorities, his arrest, trial and Crucifixion. It is then completed at Christ's resurrection on Easter Day.
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