Responsories for Holy Week Maundy Thursday and Good Friday respectively, rather than on a sequence of names referring to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday respectively. The responsories following each lesson of these matins (so also 27) were usually sung, and these are the Tenebrae Responsoria, or the Responsories for Holy Week. The name of a collection of such responsories may also refer to the Holy Triduum, as in Orlande de Lassus' "". Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of the Holy Week (Latin: Feria V or Feria Quinta). In Latin the feast is also indicated as "In Cœna Domini" ("At the meal
Holy Week in Cuenca Holy Week in Cuenca Holy Week in Cuenca (Semana Santa de Cuenca) is the most important religious event of Cuenca, Spain. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians). As a reflection of its cultural, historic and spiritual importance, Holy Week in Cuenca was declared "Fiesta of International Tourist Interest of Spain." The Pasos are the core of the festival. They consist of a wooden sculpture or group of sculptures that narrates a scene from the Passion of Christ. Porters called "Banceros" carry them on a platform or staves. Processions are the main event