Maundy Thursday
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Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels.
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See also
- Corpus Christi
- Easter Triduum
- Friday of Sorrows (Friday before Palm Sunday)
- Life of Jesus in the New Testament
- Paschal cycle
- Tenebrae (service)
- Thursday of the Dead
- Tristis est anima mea (responsory), second responsory for the Tenebrae at Maundy Thursday
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