Triduum starts with Mass of the Lord's supper on Holy Thursday (or vespers for those not attending Mass), and ends at the end of the Vigil and Mass on Holy Saturday/Easter.
Pre 1950,s reforms the services where the same, the timings different (ie all in the morning because of fasting).
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher M. Mislow [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: "Triduum" [was "Tridentine" & "Triduum"]
Thank-you all who came to my rescue. Alas, however, at the risk of seeming
ungrateful, I now have three (an appropriate number) conflicting
definitions, viz., [1] Maundy Thursday through Easter Sunday (which
encompasses 4 rather than 3 days), [2] Good Friday through Easter Sunday,
and [3] Maundy Thursday through Holy Saturday. Since the last of these
definitions has the imprimatur of the _Oxford Dictionary of the Christian
Church_, I suppose that credential would give it the upper hand.
Nevertheless, I am confused. Help!
--Christopher
== original message from <[log in to unmask]> ==
>> I have seen references in a number of messages in this list ...
>> to the "Triduum" (the latter in the context of the liturgical calendar,
>> esp. Passover, Easter and the Annunciation). These are both terms
beyond
>> my ken, and none of my sources, alas, explain their meaning. Would some
>> kind soul(s) enlighten me?
== Reply from Dennis Martin <[log in to unmask]> ==
>> Triduum means "three days" and refers to the holiest time of the
>> Christian year, from Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday.
== Reply from M. Paul Bryant-Quinn <[log in to unmask]> ==
>> `Triduum' refers to the three days of a particular feast celebrated,
usually
>> with reference to the period from Good Friday to Easter Sunday.
== Reply from John Hall <[log in to unmask]> ==
>> The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (usually a good starting
>> point) entry reads:
>> Triduum Sacrum (Lat., 'the sacred three days'). The three concluding
days
>> of Holy Week commemorating the Last Supper, Passion, and Death of
Christ,
>> i.e. Maundy Thursday (evening only, acc. to modern RC reckoning), Good
>> Friday, and Holy Saturday.
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