Oil on canvas of the "The Last Supper" from Santa Ternita Church now destroyed.Maundy Thursday for the year 2006 is celebrated/ observed on Thursday, April 13th.
Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of Holy week, a Christian observance also known as Holy Thursday or Covenant Thursday that falls every year on the day before Good Friday. The day commemorates for Christians the last supper where Jesus Christ consecrated bread and wine initiating Holy Communion or the sacrament "Eucharist".
Thursday, April 13th is day number 103 of the 2006 calendar year with -13 years, -2 months, -11 days until Maundy Thursday 2006.
More information on Maundy Thursday. (Traditions, Customs and History)
| Maundy Thursday | |
|---|---|
| Name(s): | Maundy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Holy Thursday, Thursday of Mysteries, Sheer Thursday |
| Type: | Observance, Christian |
| When: | Fifth day of Holy week day before Good Friday |
April 2006 Holidays
| Date | Holiday | Details | Days to Go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | April Fools' Day 2006 | Observance | -4833 |
| Apr 2 | Daylight Saving Time - begins 2006 | Daylight Saving | -4832 |
| Apr 6 | Rama Navami 2006 | Hindu | -4828 |
| Apr 9 | Palm Sunday 2006 | Christian | -4825 |
| Apr 11 | National Library Workers Day 2006 | Observance | -4823 |
| Apr 13 | Thomas Jefferson Birthday 2006 | Observance | -4821 |
| Apr 13 | Passover - Starts 2006 | Jewish | -4821 |
| Apr 13 | Maundy Thursday 2006 | Christian | -4821 |
| Apr 14 | Good Friday 2006 | Christian | -4820 |
| Apr 15 | Tax Day 2006 | Observance | -4819 |
| Apr 15 | Holy Saturday 2006 | Christian | -4819 |
| Apr 16 | Easter 2006 | Christian | -4818 |
| Apr 17 | Easter Monday 2006 | Christian | -4817 |
| Apr 20 | Passover - Final Day 2006 | Jewish | -4814 |
| Apr 21 | Orthodox Good Friday 2006 | Orthodox | -4813 |
| Apr 22 | Earth Day 2006 | Observance | -4812 |
| Apr 23 | Orthodox Easter 2006 | Orthodox | -4811 |
| Apr 25 | Yom Hashoah 2006 | Jewish | -4809 |
| Apr 26 | Administrative Professionals Day 2006 | Observance | -4808 |
| Apr 27 | Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2006 | Observance | -4807 |
| Apr 28 | Arbor Day 2006 | Observance | -4806 |