Holy Week
Speech parts
1. Holy Week - Noun
2. Holy Week - Proper noun
Meaning
the week before Easter
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Examples
Somehow we just don't make the same boisterous fun of Holy Week that we do of Christmas. No one plans to have a holly, jolly Easter.
There isn't a Holy Week without the fifty days, nor the fifty days without the Sirocco.
During Holy Week, the order of services is often brought forward by several hours: Matins being celebrated by anticipation the evening before, and Vespers in the morning.
Being a city Toledo Castile, Holy Week is characterized as austere and introspective, as well as beauty, due in part to the beautiful framework in which it takes place: Toledo.
Advent and Christmas are filled with traditions of carols, gifts, and family gatherings, and Lent and Holy Week with prayer, liturgical richness, and gathering our family of faith.
For Catholics around the world this year’s Holy Week is being observed in very different circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.