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HOLY WEEK (i8 o,ucls cry&An, &ryia or Twv ayiwv, ii7Porbaryias, alrpaKTos, also i)Epac RraOn,uaTwv, i77.tfpac o-Tavpiavcau hebdomas [or septimana] major, sancta, authentica [i.e. canonizata, du Cange], ultima, poenosa, luctuosa, nigra, inoificiosa, mut a, crucis, lamentationum, indulgentiae), in the Christian ecclesiastical year the week immediately preceding Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special
Apostolical
Abstinence from wine and flesh is there commanded for all the days, while for the Friday and Saturday an absolute fast is enjoined. Dionysius
ordinance
Constantine
abstinence from public business was enforced for the seven days, immediately preceding Easter Sunday, and also for the seven which followed it; the Codex Theodosianus, however, is explicit in ordering that all actions at law should cease, and the doors of all courts of law be closed during those fifteen days (1. ii. tit. viii.). Of the particular days of the " great
special
in the early church was associated with an expectation that the second advent would occur on an Easter Sunday. For details of the ceremonial observed in the Roman Catholic Church during this week, reference must be made to the Missal and Breviary. In the Eastern Church the week is marked by similar practices, but with less elaboration and differentiation of rite. See also EASTER, GOOD FRIDAY, MAUNDY THURSDAY, PALM SUNDAY and PASSION WEEK. End of Article: HOLY WEEK (i8 o,ucls cry&An, &ryia or Twv ayiwv, ii7Porbaryias, alrpaKTos, also i)Epac RraOn,uaTwv, i77.tfpac o-Tavpiavcau hebdomas [or septimana] major, sancta, authentica [i.e. canonizata, du Cange], ultima, poenosa, luctuosa, nigra, inoificiosa, mut If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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