As the name implies, it takes place on the Thursday before Easter. There are other religious days of significance during the week leading up to Easter, including Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

but Maundy Thursday is a key part of the story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. The day before Good Friday, the fifth day in Holy Week, unique religious rituals take place that echo the activities ...

According to the World History Encyclopedia, Easter is a religious ... Also known as “Maundy Thursday,” it kicks off the sacred triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

The Rev. Rebecca Bryan of the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist Church in Newburyport will visit “The Morning ...