Hamper Blog alex.walker on 29 Mar 2010 08:54 am
Holy Week – Holy Monday
With the shops full to bursting with Easter Eggs and online gifting companies (such as ourselves!) offering gifts and hampers as well, it can hardly have escaped anyone’s attention that Easter is almost here. It certainly won’t be news to our packing and despatch teams as they pack and label hampers ready for delivery before Easter!
However, what you’re less likely to be familiar with are the specific events in the week running up to Easter, so this week we’ll try and provide a little background into the events of each day.
Today is Holy Monday, also known as Great and Holy Monday. Holy Monday precedes the commemoration of the Death and resurrection of Jesus and in Western Christianity the Gospel lesson describes the anointing of Jesus at Bethany. Few Protestant churches have special services for Holy Monday, which may go some way to explaining why it’s often overlooked outside the Church.
