(Latin, ‘darkness’) Celebrated during the last three days of Holy WeekHoly Week Commemoration of the final days of the story of the death and Resurrection of Jesus. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper (Christ's sharing of the Passover Meal with his disciples) at which he instituted the Eucharist, washed the disciples' feet and commanded that that they should love one another as he loved them. Good Friday is the day commemorating the Crucifixion of Christ. On Holy Saturday a vigil is kept in preparation for Easter Sunday and the Paschal candle is lit. On Easter Sunday the Resurrection is celebrated, including Maundy Thursday, Good FridayGood Friday Day commemorating the Crucifixion of Christ. Observed by some as a day of fasting, abstinence and penance, and Holy SaturdayHoly Saturday The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. A vigil was kept in preparation for Easter day and the Paschal candle was lit. There during the evening or in the early morning as the MassEucharist (Greek eukharistia 'thanksgiving') The central act of the church's worship in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed. The term comes from the fact that Jesus gave thanks for the bread and wine at the Last Supper. See Matthew 26: 26-8, Mark 14: 22-4, Luke 22: 17-20, I Corinthians. 11: 23-5. Also known as Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper and the Mass. was sung, all lights in the church were gradually extinguished, with the final candle being hid beneath the altar. At that point, the strepitus (Latin, ‘great noise’) begins with the slamming shut of a book and stamping on the floor, symbolising an earthquake following the death of Christ. The hidden candle is then brought forth and the priests relight each light, blessing it and censing it, as psalms are chanted. The first new light was used to light the largest candle in the church, the Paschal candlePaschal Candle A large candle lit during the Easter vigil of Holy Saturday and placed on or near the altar until Pentecost.. The renewed light symbolised Christ’s resurrectionResurrection That Jesus rose from the dead, thus conquering death, and that everyone will rise from the dead for the Last Judgement is a central Christian belief..