Holy Saturday, also called Easter Vigil, is the Christian religious observance that ends the Lenten season, falling on the day before Easter Sunday.
The observance commemorates the final day of Christ’s death, which is traditionally associated with his triumphant descent into hell.
Beginning in 1955, the Roman Catholic and some other churches restored the evening Easter Vigil.
The Eastern Orthodox churches had never abandoned the ceremony. The vigil celebration may include lighting fires and candles to symbolize Christ’s passing from death to life and tolling bells to signify the joyous end of Lent.
Many churches also celebrate the baptism of catechumens (unbaptized converts) and the confirmation or chrismation and first communion of both catechumens and candidates (converts who were previously baptized in a different Christian faith tradition) during the Easter Vigil.
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Everytime we say the creed, we note that Jesus “descended into hell.” Holy Saturday is the day that commemorates this event. What happened on this day, and how do we celebrate it?
Here on earth, Jesus’ disciples mourned his death and, since it was a sabbath day, they rested.
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