A special practice of early Christian worship was to treat the three days from Thursday night to Sunday morning as an act of one continuous worship. That practice of the "Three Great Days" has been revived in the worship renewal of the twentieth century.
Most congregations are accustomed to service on Holy (Maundy) Thursday and Good Friday. Far fewer will be familiar with the Paschal Vigil on Holy Saturday/Easter day. On both Maundy Thursday and Good Friday the emphasis is likely to fall on...
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