The word “triduum” comes from a Latin root that means “three days.” The three days beginning at sundown on Maundy Thursday, continuing through Good Friday, reaching a high point at the Easter Vigil on Saturday night, and concluding at the close of Easter Sunday, are the most important period of the Christian liturgical year.
The Triduum is not so much a series of services, as one great festival, spanning in real time the last three days of Jesus’ life on earth. By faithfully following the traditional path of those days, we recall and reenact the Passion, Crucifixion, Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Principal Services of the Paschal Triddum