Maundy Thursday to Easter Day: How does the Church mark the 'Triduum'

Practices vary across different denominations, traditions and parts of the world. But one thing's for sure - Christians everywhere will be marking the events of the first Easter this weekend.

While it's impossible to capture all the different customs, there are some historic practices that many churches will share.

This amazing graphic from focusoncampus.org gives a guide to some of the ways in which more liturgical churches will mark the Easter Triduum (which is the three days from Holy Thursday to Easter Day itself).

Check it out to see if your church does some of these things and see what churches around the world will be doing to mark the days... (Zoom in to see the details).

 focusoncampus.org
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