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Maundy Thursday
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Serving all God's people on Maundy Thursday Ugolino da Siena: The Last Supper
What do eggs have to do with Easter?
The Easter Story
The significance of Easter in Christianity
For Students
Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday
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Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
African American man praying in church with stained glass in background
Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?
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Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
World Data Locator Map: Australia
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
7 Alphabet Soup Agencies that Stuck Around
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)
7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances
Camel at Khor Rori, Oman; mammal.
Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?

Maundy Thursday: Media

religious holiday

Videos

What do eggs have to do with Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The significance of Easter in Christianity
Overview of the Christian celebration of Easter.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Carlos Mora/Dreamstime.com

Images

Serving all God's people on Maundy Thursday
Pope Francis washing the feet of refugees during a Maundy Thursday mass with Muslim,...
Sipa USA/AP Images
Ugolino da Siena: The Last Supper
The Last Supper, tempera and gold on wood by Ugolino da Siena, c. 1325–30;...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.7), www. metmuseum.org

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The Easter Story
Explore the Biblical figures, theology, and observances of Easter and Holy Week....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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