Maundy Thursday

The Congress here came down heavily on Anil K Antony for joining the BJP, accusing him of "betraying his father and veteran party leader A K Antony on "Maundy Thursday".

In the UK, Maundy money is given every year as charity - a tradition followed by Queen Elizabeth II.

Maundy Thursday also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, is the Christian holy day that falls before Easter and a day before the Good Friday. The day commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles in Jerusalem before he was betrayed. According to St John's go...

At the George Francis Assisi Cathedral in Kochi, hundreds of believers witnessed for the first time the Archbishop washing the feet of women as part of Maundy Thursday rituals followed by traditional churches. Maundy Thursday is celebrated in remembrance of Jesus Christ washing the feet of his 12 disciples before his crucifixion.

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church will stick to the traditional practice of performing foot-washing on Maundy Thursday on men only with the Vatican exempting it from its decree allowing participation of women in the ritual.

Even amid cheer over the recent introduction of a national gender policy for the Catholic Church, parishes in Mumbai continue to tiptoe around the inclusion of women in the ceremony of the washing of the feet at Maundy Thursday mass.

The Congress here came down heavily on Anil K Antony for joining the BJP, accusing him of "betraying his father and veteran party leader A K Antony on "Maundy Thursday".

In the UK, Maundy money is given every year as charity - a tradition followed by Queen Elizabeth II.

Maundy Thursday also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, is the Christian holy day that falls before Easter and a day before the Good Friday. The day commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles in Jerusalem before he was betrayed. According to St John's go...

At the George Francis Assisi Cathedral in Kochi, hundreds of believers witnessed for the first time the Archbishop washing the feet of women as part of Maundy Thursday rituals followed by traditional churches. Maundy Thursday is celebrated in remembrance of Jesus Christ washing the feet of his 12 disciples before his crucifixion.

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church will stick to the traditional practice of performing foot-washing on Maundy Thursday on men only with the Vatican exempting it from its decree allowing participation of women in the ritual.

Even amid cheer over the recent introduction of a national gender policy for the Catholic Church, parishes in Mumbai continue to tiptoe around the inclusion of women in the ceremony of the washing of the feet at Maundy Thursday mass.