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More than two million people are expected to flock to the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) during this year’s Holy Week to go home to their respective provinces or travel to Metro Manila.
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will preside over Holy Week liturgies at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart as follows: April 13, Palm Sunday of the Passion ...
MANILA, Philippines — Several malls in Metro Manila have already announced their schedule ahead of Holy Week, including closure and shortened operating hours. In an advisory on Sunday ...
Indie director-producer Mike Sandejas marks his first foray into the mainstream film scene with “Sinagtala,” a musical and inspirational film that makes a fitting pre-Holy Week theatrical release.
With April upon us, Holy Week is fast approaching, a time that for many “awakens the soul and fills the heart with renewed hope,” as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra says. Easter is one of the ...
Good Friday falls during Holy Week, which starts with Palm Sunday on April 13, 2025 and ends with Easter Sunday. This year's Passover week will overlap with Holy Week. Here's when and what to know ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) will suspend operations from April 17 to April 20 in observance of the Holy Week. In a statement on Friday, April 4, the Department of ...
Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to the Resurrection.
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. As Jesus entered the city, crowds greeted him by waving palm branches, which is where the name ...
Pope Francis told people to “eat whatever you want” during Holy Week, because “the sacrifice is not in the stomach but in the heart”. There is no evidence the Pope said this. The passage does not ...