![]() ![]() The Greek term Εβδομάδα Μεγάλη, Hebdomada Megale, Medieval Latin: Hebdomada Magna: the “Great Week.” According to Hildebrand and Hampson the use of these names as an equivalent to “Holy Week” (the seven days from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday) started after the Reformation. Apparently this is due in part to a misunderstanding of the habit of some of the Eastern Church to name some of their liturgical weeks by the title of the Sunday following the week rather than by the title of the Sunday beginning the week. However, in past three centuries historians from the Western Church have been occasionally confused. This move to incorporate Passion Sunday together with Palm Sunday is new. ![]() This they did following the lead of Vatican II in its Revised Common Lectionary. The Three Year Series arranged by the ILCW has assigned the title Passion Sunday to the Sixth Sunday along side the title Palm Sunday. ![]() In the Historic Lectionary the Fifth Sunday in Lent is called Passion Sunday and the Sixth Sunday is called Palm Sunday. This is a difference between the One Year Series and the Three Year Series. But is Passion Sunday (Dominica Passionis) the Fifth or the Sixth Sunday of Lent? It was not only the last week as Holy Week, but the fourteen days from Passion Sunday until Holy Saturday. From ancient times these two weeks were called “The Great Week” (Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα) and “Passion Week”. Passiontide ( Passionalia) is the historic name for the last two weeks of Lent. ![]()
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