Holy Week in 2025 will begin on Palm Sunday, April 13, and culminate with Easter Sunday on April 20. Highlights of the week include Maundy Thursday services, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil of Easter.
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HOLY EASTER WEEK
Audio configuration for all events listed below:
1. NATURAL SOUND
2. ENGLISH GUIDE
3. SPANISH GUIDE
4. FRENCH GUIDE
Sunday 13/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S SQUARE
Palm Sunday: Passion of the Lord
Commemoration of the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem and Holy Mass
Expected start-end time: 07:50 – 10:20 GMT (line-up included)
Thursday 17/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S BASILICA
Holy Thursday
Holy Chrism Mass
Expected start-end time: 07:20 – 09:30 GMT (line-up included)
Thursday 17/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S BASILICA
Holy Thursday
Holy Mass of the Lord's Supper "in Coena Domini", presided by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and Vicar General of His Holiness of Vatican City
Expected start-end time: 15:55 – 17:15 GMT (line-up included)
Friday 18/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S BASILICA
Good Friday, “Passion of the Lord”
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
Expected start-end time: 14:50 – 17:00 GMT (line-up included)
Friday 18/04 ITALY – ROME – COLOSSEUM
Good Friday, “Passion of the Lord”
Via Crucis, the “Way of the Cross”
Expected start-end time: 18:50 – 20:45 GMT (line-up included)
Saturday 19/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S BASILICA
Easter Sunday, “Resurrection of the Lord”
Easter Vigil of the Holy Night
Expected start-end time: 17:20 – 20:15 GMT (line-up included)
Sunday 20/04 VATICAN – ST. PETER’S SQUARE
Easter Sunday, “Resurrection of the Lord”
Holy Mass of the day and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing
Expected start-end time: 08:20 – 10:30 GMT (line-up included)