Holy Week
noun
: the week before Easter during which the last days of Christ's life are commemorated
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The Spanish telecoms engineer is used to lengthy religious gatherings, having waited for six hours at Semana Santa — Spain’s Holy Week — last month.
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Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Every day there was also at least one service at the Basilica, a great barn-like structure a few miles from Dowry House where the Holy Week services were held to accommodate the many pilgrims.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
The 88-year-old pontiff has not led the main Holy Week and Easter services but has made brief appearances over the Easter weekend, including spending 30 minutes at a prison in Rome on Thursday and a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday evening.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
The pontiff spent his final days celebrating Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 26 Apr. 2025
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Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Every day there was also at least one service at the Basilica, a great barn-like structure a few miles from Dowry House where the Holy Week services were held to accommodate the many pilgrims.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
The 88-year-old pontiff has not led the main Holy Week and Easter services but has made brief appearances over the Easter weekend, including spending 30 minutes at a prison in Rome on Thursday and a visit to St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday evening.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025
The pontiff spent his final days celebrating Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday.
—The Hill Staff, The Hill, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Holy Week.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Holy%20Week. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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