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Holy Monday
An icon of Christ the Bridegroom, sitting above the star at Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Also called
Great and Holy Monday
Observed by
Christians
Type
Christian
Observances
Mass
Date
Monday before Easter
2023 date
April 3 (Western)
April 10 (Eastern)
2024 date
March 25 (Western)
April 29 (Eastern)
2025 date
April 14 (Western)
April 14 (Eastern)
2026 date
March 30 (Western)
April 6 (Eastern)
Frequency
annual
Related to
Holy Week
Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (also Holy and Great Monday) (Greek: Μεγάλη Δευτέρα, Megale Deutera) is a day of the Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. According to the gospels, on this day Jesus Christ cursed the fig tree (Matthew 21:18–22, Mark 11:20–26), cleansed the temple, and responded to the questioning of his authority (Matthew 21:23–27).
It is the third day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity, after Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, and the second day of Holy Week in Western Christianity, after Palm Sunday.
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coincide, Clean Monday is two days before Ash Wednesday. Fasting continues throughout the following week, known as Passion Week or Holy Week, and does...
seven days searching for Longinus. Morions roam the streets in town from HolyMonday to Easter Sunday scaring the kids, or engaging in antics or surprises...
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of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif.[unreliable source?] In Christianity...
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