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
Maundy Thursday have an Anglican patrimony, retain the traditional English term "Maundy Thursday", however. An article in the 1911 "Catholic Encyclopedia" used the term "Maundy Thursday", and some Catholic writers use the same term either primarily, or alternatively. The Methodist "Book of Worship for Church and Home" (1965) uses the term "Maundy Thursday"; the "Book of Worship" (1992) uses the term "Holy Thursday", and other official sources of the United Methodist Church use both "Maundy Thursday" and "Holy Thursday". Both names are used by other Christian denominations as well, including the Lutheran Church or portions of the Reformed Church. The Presbyterian Church