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Holy week
Palm Sunday (Sunday of the Passion)
It begins Holy Week and sets the tone for Christ’s journey to the Cross.
LCMS focus:
• Procession with palms
• Reading of the Passion
• Paraments turn scarlet, symbolizing Christ’s blood
• A shift from the joy of the procession to the solemnity of the Passion
This day holds both triumph and tragedy Jesus is hailed as King, yet the service ends with His betra
Good Friday
The most solemn day of the Church Year—Christ’s atoning death.
LCMS focus:
• Chief Service or Tenebrae
• No Sacrament of the Altar (except in some places with the reserved elements)
• Paraments are black or removed entirely
• The Passion according to St. John is central
Everything is stripped down so the Cross stands alone.
Easter Sunday in the LCMS is the Feast of the Resurrection, the highest day of the Church Year, when the Church rejoices that Christ—true God and true man—who was crucified for our sins, has bodily risen from the dead just as He promised.** His resurrection is proclaimed as the Father’s public declaration that Christ’s atoning sacrifice is accepted, that sin is forgiven, and that all who are bap