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THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2025
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Triduum: Three Days of Easter
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hat is often called “The Triduum” in Latin translates to “The Three Days” in English – the three-day, 72-hour period between Holy Thursday night and the end of the day on Easter Sunday. One of the reasons for this is historical: At the time of Christ, new days traditionally began in the evening around sunset, not at midnight as they do now. The Triduum thus includes Holy Thursday evening, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday until nightfall. On the first Holy Thursday, Christ convened the Last Supper in a rented, second-floor room known later as the Cenacle in Jerusalem. It was for the Passover Supper, called “Seder”. Christ washed the feet of His Apostles, and He later consecrated the Supper’s bread and wine, thus creating the first Mass. The Last Supper is so called because that night, Christ
was arrested and then condemned to death by Pilate the next day, as he (Pilate) literally, not symbolically, washed his hands of the whole affair. The trials that Christ met with and endured, as He carried His Cross on the way to be crucified on the first Good Friday, are called the “Stations” of the Cross. There are 14 of these individual Stations along the entire “Way of the Cross Eggs at Easter symbolize, among other things, a new life and Christ’s emergence from the tomb. They are associated with Easter worldwide. For instance, the Polish decorate their Easter Eggs (“pysanky”) elaborately as a kind of prayer on Holy Saturday. And other Easter Egg customs led up to the extraordinary craftsman-ship found in the Faberge Easter Eggs possessed by the Romanov Czars of Russia. Perhaps the most significant observances on Easter Sunday are Continued on Page 2
Happy Easter
Much to the students’ delight, at South Boston Academy they had a special surprise visit from the Easter Bunny! Story and Photos on Page 9
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