Easter Sunday and the history behind the celebrations Celebrated throughout the Christian world, Easter Sunday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It also marks the end of Lent, a period of prayer and penance. Many customs and traditions are associated with Easter, a feast that’s central to Christian belief. Surprisingly though, a few of them […]
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Palm Sunday: Beginning the week that changed the course of history Occurring on the Sunday before Easter, Palm Sunday is the feast that begins Holy Week. It is the most sacred period of the liturgical calendar and is the culmination of Lent. The Holy Week itself ends with the Paschal Triduum- three days commencing from […]
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Ash Wednesday: All you need to know about the first day of Lent Originally observed for 36 days, the period of Lent was extended to 40 to be in imitation of the fast by Jesus in the desert. This was achieved by adding the four days, commencing from Ash Wednesday to the Lenten calendar. Traditionally, […]
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Monthi Fest: The Sixth Pilgrim Stays Webinar Streamed live Tuesday, 8 September 2020 on Facebook and You Tube The video can be viewed here: A special feature on the Nativity was created by our team: Sixth in our series of webinars, this was a virtual celebration of the traditional Monthi Saibinnichem Fest, conducted jointly with […]
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Why is it called Good Friday when Jesus died on this day? The meaning of Good, though obsolete now, meant holy and pious. It was used in that sense to describe the passion of Jesus, as he underwent the ordeal and humiliation of a painful crucifixion. It is incomprehensible, why the Son of God willingly […]
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The Last Supper or the Lord’s Supper is also called Maundy Thursday. Although it is a widely used term, its meaning is not so well known. The term Maundy derives from the Latin word mandatum for commandment. The commandment here being the defining words that Jesus spoke that evening. The words appear in these verses from John […]
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