JERUSALEM

Holy Week

The Holy Week is a very important moment in the city of Jerusalem. Here, in fact, according to tradition, are the places of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. Every year, thousands of tourists and pilgrims follow the famous celebrations that lead from the Mount of Olives to the Holy Sepulchre, where the empty tomb of Christ is located.

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The stages of the Holy Week route

From the procession of the Palms to the Mount of Olives, passing through the Via Dolorosa and the Cenacle on Mount Zion, up to the Holy Sepulchre.

Check out our Holy Week Agenda 2023, you will find all the most important events and exclusive photos from the Holy Places of Jerusalem!

The Places of Holy Week

During Holy Week in Jerusalem there is an air of celebration.
Here are the most important and significant places of this week:

Mount of Olives

Gethsemane

The Via Dolorosa

Cenacle Mount Zion

The Holy Sepulchre

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Curiosities

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Holy Week is that seven-day period that extends from Palm Sunday, the day on which, according to tradition, the arrival of Jesus in the city of Jerusalem is celebrated, until Holy Saturday and Sunday, or Easter Day, where the resurrection of Christ is celebrated.

Surely the most important days of Holy Week are those of the Easter Triduum, or the 3 days preceding Easter Sunday, in which the Memorial of the Passion and Death of Jesus is made, before the Resurrection on Easter Day.

Holy Thursday is the day on which the Last Supper is remembered, when Jesus instituted the Eucharist, greeted the twelve apostles and forgave those who betrayed him. The most famous rite of Holy Thursday is certainly the washing of the feet.

Holy Saturday is the so-called "day of silence", or the only day of Holy Week in which there is no celebration of any liturgy: there are in fact no masses and the Eucharist is given only to those who are on the point of death. The religious rites of Holy Saturday in fact begin at nightfall.

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