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PALM SUNDAY. A layman of the Roman Catholic Church blesses palms during Palm Sunday celebrations in Bulacan, north of Manila on April 9, 2017. File photo by Noel Celis/AFP
MANILA, Philippines – Compared to holidays like Christmas, Holy Week doesn't have fixed dates. For instance, Holy Week in 2018 runs from March 25 to 31, whiSince 1582, Holy Week has started as early as March 22, and has ended as late as the last weeks of April. The dates of the Holy Week differ each year due to the celebration of Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
First, the early Church wanted to be separate from Judaism. Anti-Jewish sentiments were growing among Early Christians, who wished Easter to have nothing to do with the people they saw as"murderers of the Lord" for giving Jesus to the Romans for death.
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