Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday is the traditional observance day of the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus, i.e., the Thursday falling before Easter.. Holy Thursday may also refer to: . Feast of the Ascension, also called Holy Thursday, traditionally celebrated 40 days after Easter "Holy Thursday" (Songs of Experience), a 1794 poem by William Blake in Songs of Experience

Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake, from his 1789 book of poems Songs of Innocence. (There is also a Holy Thursday poem in Songs of Experience, which contrasts with this song.). The poem depicts a ceremony held on Ascension Day, which in England was then called Holy Thursday, a name now generally applied to what is also called Maundy Thursday: Six thousand …

Holy Thursday is de titel van twee gedichten van de Engelse schrijver, dichter en beeldend kunstenaar William Blake.Het eerste gedicht werd gepubliceerd in de in 1789 verschenen bundel Songs of Innocence; het tweede gedicht valt onder de noemer Songs of Experience uit 1794. De twee series gedichten werden in 1794 samen gepubliceerd onder de titel Songs of Innocence …

Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great & Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, is the Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Twelve Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels.It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by Holy Wednesday and …

In the Christian tradition, Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter — the day on which the Last Supper occurred. Also known as Sheer Thursday in the United Kingdom, it is traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money there. Holy Thursday is part of Holy Week. In the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The entry of Jesus and His disciples into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, is the last or sixth week of Lent, between Palm Sunday and The dusk of Maundy Thursday.In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday along with the Saturday of Lazarus marks the two-day transition between the 40 days of Great Lent and Holy Week.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the readings for the Novus Ordo are Isaiah 49:1–6; Psalm 71:1–6, 71:15, 71:17; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31; and John 13:21–33, 13:36–38.In the older form of the Mass known as the Tridentine Mass the readings are taken from Jeremiah 11:18–20 and the Gospel according to St. Mark 14:1–72; 15:1–46.In the 1955 Holy Week Reform, the first 31 verses of …