Passion-Week,

Passion-Week, the name commonly given in England to the week immediately preceding Easter, and otherwise called Holy Week (q.v.). But, by the proper rubrical usage, Passion-Week is that which precedes Holy Week, commencing on Passion Sunday, the fifth Sunday of Lent. In the Roman Catholic Church, with this Sunday begins the more solemn part of Lent, and during the succeeding fortnight the Gloria Patri is omitted at the Introit, and all pictures, crucifixes, statues, and other sacred representations are veiled.