History of Holy Saturday

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Reading Time: 4 minutesHistory of Holy Saturday he final day of Holy Week, the last day of Lent, is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It is known as Holy Saturday. In Latin, it’s Sabbatum Sanctum, but it’s also known as Great and Holy Saturday, Low Saturday, the Great Sabbath, Hallelujah Saturday (in Portugal and Brazil),…

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History of Good Friday: the Crucifixion of Jesus

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF GOOD FRIDAY Podcast version   or centuries, pilgrims have walked the Via Dolorosa, “the way of sorrow” in Jerusalem, following Jesus’s path on Good Friday. Starting at the judgment seat of Pilate at the Antonia Fortress in the eastern part of the city, immediately north of the Temple, the path follows fourteen “Stations…

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History of Good Friday

Reading Time: 2 minutesGOOD FRIDAY For centuries, pilgrims have walked the Via Dolorosa, “the way of sorrow” in Jerusalem, following the path Jesus took from the judgment seat of Pilate at the Antonia in the eastern part of the city immediately north of the Temple through several “stations of the Cross” to the ultimate location at the Church…

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