Maundy Thursday (Eastern Christian Churches)
April 1

On Maundy Thursday, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and said, “The greatest of you should be the servant of all.” Whether or not we are Christians, we may be grateful for so challenging a vision.

According to The Catholic Encyclopedia's entry on Maundy Thursday: "The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week. In Rome...Holy Thursday was taken up with a succession of ceremonies of a joyful character: the baptism of neophytes, the reconciliation of penitents, the consecration of the holy oils, the washing of the feet, and commemoration of the Blessed Eucharist."

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