Maundy Thursday UK, civil servants were traditionally granted a half-day holiday (known as "privilege leave") on this date, but that was abolished after 2012. The tradition of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday is an ancient practice, probably originating in Rome. and occurs among the faithful in countries around the world. In India, the custom is to visit fourteen churches, one per Station of the Cross. Traditionally, this is performed on Maundy Thursday evening but is more often done on the morning of Good Friday or on any day of Lent. Usually, whole families would participate, customarily fasting for the duration of
Determination of the day of the week Sunday to December 31 is a Thursday.). 2021 is a common year starting on Friday, meaning that 2021 corresponds to the 2010 calendar year and with the first 2 months corresponds to the 2016 calendar year. 2022 is a common year starting on Saturday, meaning that 2022 corresponds to the 2011 calendar year and with the last 10 months corresponds to the 2016 calendar year. For details see the table below. Notes: See the table below. The Julian starts on Thursday and the Gregorian on Saturday. For Julian dates before 1300 and after 1999 the year in the table which