2011 Maundy Thursday Traditions and Meaning
Tara Borge on Apr 21st, 2011
Maundy Thursday 2011 – Holy Thursday is the other term for Maundy Thursday and it has been celebrated since the earliest days of the Christian Church.
This day give respect to Jesus’ last supper with his 12 disciples. On this night , Judas betrayed Jesus for a couple gold in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Maundy Thursday was from the old Latin word for the day, “Dies Mandatum,” which means “the day of the new commandment”. Dies Mandatum refers Christ command that we should love one another and this is before Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.
There were numerous traditions in many places around the world regarding Maundy Thursday. In United Kingdom, the tradition of the sovereign giving alms to the poor on this day.
In other countries, most business stop operations from Maundy Thursday to Black Saturday. In Malta, the Holy Thursday is known as Communion Thursday and the people visit seven churches and this tradition is called is-seba’ visti.