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Holy Week

annual weeklong Christian religious observance preceding Easter
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Holy Week
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Summary

Holy Week is a liturgical season[1]. It draws 3,556 Wikipedia views per month (liturgical season category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: religious holiday[3]
  • Followed by: Bright Week[4], Easter Week[5], Octave of Easter[6]
  • Subclass of: thematic week[7]
  • Part of: liturgical year[8]
  • Commons category: Holy Week[9]
  • Has part(s): Palm Sunday[10], Holy Monday[11], Holy Tuesday[12], Holy Wednesday[13], Maundy Thursday[14], Good Friday[15], Holy Saturday[16]
  • Commemorates: Passion[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Holy Week[18]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Q111426646[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Holy Week[27]
  • Different from: Easter Week[28]

Why It Matters

Holy Week has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → holy-week
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: holy-week, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932927|holy week (#289932927)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0432174-Svaty-tyden
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0432174-Svaty-tyden, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Bright Week, Easter Week, Octave of Easter
    Followed by → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Holy Week
    Subclass of → thematic week
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563077805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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