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Top 10 Links for Holy Week

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Holy Week is the most significant week on the Christian calendar, beginning with Palm Sunday and concluding with Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. There are many sites providing information on the events and traditions of Holy Week. Here’s a “Top 10 list” of ones we have found useful.

  • Holy Week: General background and history from Ken Collins’ web site.
  • All About Holy Week: Comprehensive information from ChurchYear.net.
  • Bible Verses for Holy Week: A walk through of the key Scriptures for the week’s events, from BeliefNet.
  • The Cross: Quotations to stir the heart and mind during Holy Week
  • Why ‘Good’ Friday?: Some background on the title of the day’s commemoration.
  • Family Activities for Holy Week: Thoughts on ways your family can take time each day to appreciate the importance of the Easter story.
  • The Events of Holy Week: A guide to helping your children understand the events of Holy Week,
  • The Science of the Crucifixion: Cahleen Shrier Ph.D., a biology professor from a Christian university, examines the physiological details of crucifixion.
  • A Physician Testifies About the Crucifixion: A scientific look at the details of what crucifixion was like and what Our Lord endured.
  • Stations of the Cross: From Catholic Online.

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