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  1. Holy Saturday, Christian religious observance that ends the Lenten season, falling on the day before Easter Sunday and the last day of Holy Week. The observance marks the final day of Christ’s death, which is traditionally associated with his triumphant descent into hell, and is often used to welcome new converts.

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  3. Jan 12, 2022 · Holy Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Jesus rested from His work of redemption. Learn about its history, significance, and observances in different Christian traditions and cultures.

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  4. Holy Saturday and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. In the Catholic Church, the altar remains stripped completely bare (following the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Maundy Thursday).

  5. Apr 28, 2019 · Holy Saturday is the day of the 40-hour vigil that Jesus's followers held for him after his death and before his resurrection. Learn about its biblical and historical significance, its celebration in the Catholic Church, and its fasting and baptism practices.

  6. Mar 29, 2013 · Learn about the significance of Holy Saturday, the day of Jesus' descent into hell and the Church's vigil before Easter. Discover how the Church commemorates this day with fasting, prayer, readings and the Easter Vigil.

  7. Feb 15, 2024 · Holy Saturday is the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Jesus' body was in the tomb. Learn how to observe this day as a time of rest, reflection and prayer, and how different denominations celebrate it.

  8. Holy Saturday. — In the primitive Church Holy Saturday was known as Great, or Grand, Saturday, Holy Saturday, the Angelic Night, the Vigil of Easter , etc. It is no longer, like Maundy Thursday , a day of joy, but one of joy and sadness intermingled; it is the close of the season of Lent and penance, and the beginning of paschal time, which ...

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