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When Is Holy Week 2011?

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Icon of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem. (Photo © Slava Gallery, LLC; used with permission.)

Russian icon of Christ's entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

(Photo © Slava Gallery, LLC; used with permission.)
Question: When Is Holy Week 2011?
Holy Week 2011 is the final week before Easter 2011 and the last week of Lent 2011. When is Holy Week 2011?
Answer: Holy Week, which commemorates the Passion of Christ, begins on Palm Sunday 2011, which falls on April 17, 2011, and includes Holy Thursday 2011 and Good Friday 2011. Holy Week 2011 ends on Holy Saturday 2011, which falls on April 23, 2011.

You can find Holy Week dates for other years in When Is Holy Week?

For the dates of other Holy Days of Obligation and moveable feasts associated with Holy Week 2011, see the Catholic 2011 calendar.

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