On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast ... On the afternoon or evening of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Sacrament or Mystery of Holy Unction is conducted in ...

The week starts with Palm Sunday ... to secure Jesus’ conviction. Holy Wednesday: March 27 On Holy Wednesday, Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ disciples, agreed to betray Jesus to the religious ...

The cloth – which hid the altar – was not removed until during the reading of the Passion on the Wednesday in Holy Week – at the words, “the veil of the temple was rent in two.” ...