Holy Easter Triduum
The Easter Triduum is the high point of the entire liturgical year and celebrates the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord
THURSDAY 2nd APRIL – Maundy Thursday
– 5.30 p.m. The Rite of the Washing of the Feet and the Evening Eucharist ‘The Lord’s Supper’, presided over by His Excellency the Archbishop
FRIDAY 3rd APRIL – Good Friday
Day of fasting and abstinence from meat
– 8.15 a.m. Choral officiation in the weekday chapel presided over by His Excellency Archbishop
– 3.00 p.m. Way of the Cross
– 5.30 p.m. Vespertine Celebration of the Passion and Deposition of the Lord presided over by His Excellency Archbishop
SATURDAY 4th APRIL – Holy Saturday
Aliturgical Day
– 8.15 a.m. Choral officiation in the weekday chapel presided over by His Excellency Archbishop
– 9.00 p.m. Easter Vigil on Holy Night presided over by His Excellency the Archbishop
Opening of the Duomo at 8 p.m.
SUNDAY 5th APRIL – Easter of Resurrection
Eucharistic Celebrations at 7 a.m. – 8 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. – 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
– 10.25 a.m. Morning Lauds
– 11.00 a.m. Pontifical service presided over by His Excellency the Archbishop
– 4.30 p.m. Vespers and Eucharistic benediction presided over by His Excellency the Archbishop
During the celebration of the Sacred Triduum, the Mystery of Easter is made present and is fulfilled
The Easter Triduum is the heart and summit of the entire liturgical year. The Church, through the liturgical and sacramental signs, associates itself in intimate communion with the Lord Jesus, who “by becoming man gathers us into unity, by humbling himself he raises us up, by surrendering himself to death he frees us, by suffering he redeems us” (Preface of the Monday of the Authentic Week).
«The Paschal proclamation is the most beautiful, joyful and overwhelming news that has ever resounded in all of history. It is the quintessential “Gospel”, which attests to the victory of love over sin and of life over death, and this is why it is the only thing capable of satisfying the demand for meaning that troubles our minds and our hearts.
In the face of our fragile humanity, the Easter message becomes a source of care and healing, nourishing hope in the face of the challenges that life presents to us every day. Even our own time, marked by so many crosses, yearns for the dawn of Easter hope.
Paschal hope does not disappoint. To believe truly in the Pasch through our daily journey means revolutionizing our lives, being transformed in order to transform the world with the gentle and courageous power of Christian hope» (papa Leone XIV).
The Easter Triduum is the heart and summit of the entire liturgical year. “The rite we celebrate is not the repetition of words and gestures that is reduced to a dutiful fulfilment. It is rather the grace of entering into the Mystery as God’s holy people. It is the memorial of Easter that becomes the principle of new life, transfigured by participation in the Death and Resurrection of Jesus” (Monsignor Mario Delpini).
You can follow all the main celebrations presided by the Archbishop in streaming on this Site (www.duomomilano.it), from the YouTube channel Duomo Milano Tv.