Holy Week in the Philippines held in towns throughout the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and in the Ilocandia, as well as in Makati in Metro Manila. Except in the Bulakenyo towns of Baliuag and Pulilan, the Passion tableaux are excluded from the Good Friday afternoon procession. Maundy Thursday (Huwebes Santo) is the first statutory public holiday of the week, and marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the Procession of the Passion of Christ was held on Maundy Thursday. This was later transferred to Holy Wednesday for Latin Rite Catholics, with the Philippine Independent Church (which separated
Thursday October Christian I house was the oldest building still standing on the island, until it was demolished on 12 March 2004 because of termite damage. Thursday's life story was written by R. M. Ballantyne in "The Lonely Island; or, The Refuge of the Mutineers" (1880). He also appears in Charles Dickens' "The Long Voyage" (1853). Thursday October Christian is also mentioned on the Rasputina album "Oh Perilous World". Thursday October Christian I Thursday October Christian (14 October 1790 – 21 April 1831) was the first son of Fletcher Christian (leader of the historical mutiny on the "Bounty") and his Tahitian wife Mauatua. He