Paraguayan boys eat chipas, a typical bread made from corn flour, eggs, milk and lard, that are baked in a clay oven called a tatakua to be eaten during Easter Week celebrations when Catholics avoid meat, on the outskirts of AsuncionReuters
Paraguayan boys eat chipas, a typical bread made from corn flour, eggs, milk and lard, that are baked in a clay oven called a tatakua to be eaten during Easter Week celebrations when Catholics avoid meat, on the outskirts of AsuncionReutersActors take part in a "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) re-enactment of the Last Supper during a Good Friday celebration in LuqueReutersCatholic faithful carry crosses as they pray at the Stations of the Cross while doing Visita Iglesia, a traditional custom of visiting one, seven, or 14 churches and praying at the Stations of the Cross on Maundy Thursday, at a Church in Quezon City in Metro Manila April 5, 2012. Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus ChristReutersCatholic faithful carry crosses as they make their way to one of the Stations of the Cross while doing the Visita Iglesia, a traditional custom of visiting one, seven, or 14 churches and praying at the various Stations of the Cross on Maundy Thursday, at a church in Quezon City in Metro Manila April 5, 2012. Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.ReutersChildren carry crosses as they join their family members to pray at one of the Stations of the Cross while doing the Visita Iglesia, a traditional custom of visiting one, seven, or 14 churches and praying at the various Stations of the Cross on Maundy Thursday, at a church in Quezon City in Metro Manila April 5, 2012. Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus ChristReutersActors take part in a "Via Crucis" re-enactment during a Good Friday celebration in LuqueReutersCatholics carry a statue of Jesus Nazareno during a procession known as "Jesus Nazareno of the tapes" during Holy Week in Cot de Cartago, 32 km (20 miles) from San Jose, April 4, 2012. According Jorge Masis, a priest of the church, this procession, where people tie ribbons to the statue to symbolize promises they make to Jesus during Holy Week, is a tradition that dates back 50 years ago.ReutersAn actor applies make-up before taking part in a re-enactment of the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) in a procession during Good Friday celebrations in LuqueReutersPeople, holding candles, attend a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations in LuqueReutersPeople watch a "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) re-enactment in a procession during Good Friday celebrations in LuqueReutersA penitent prays before whipping his back during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila April 5, 2012. Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.ReutersA penitent lies on a ground as he prays before whipping his back during Maundy Thursday Lenten rites in Mandaluyong city, metro Manila April 5, 2012. Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is the day Christians commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.Reuters
Maundy Thursday is observed during the Holy Week, as an ocassion to remember Jesus Christ's Last Supper on the Thursday before Easter.
Christians around the world recollect the events of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and passed round bread and wine establishing the ceremony known as the Eucharist.
The Bible describes the events in this manner - Jesus said the bread was his body broken for them and the wine was his blood shed for them. While the story is one staunchly believed by Catholics at church services all year round but the story gathers even more meaning on Maundy Thursdays.
It was on this night, so many years ago, Judas, one of Christ's disciplines, betrayed his teacher in the Garden of Gethsemane, for 30 silver coins.
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