Church's Official Calendar of Celebrations in Holy Land

1999: Dec --- 2000: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec --- 2001: Jan

2000 - March
2	Thursday
	Gethsemane	Holy Hour

6	Monday	Beginning of the Lenten Fast for the Eastern Catholic Churches
	Jerusalem	Melkite, Syrian and Armenian Churches
	Nazareth	Maronite Church
	Haifa	Melkite Church
	GC Churches	Notes: throughout Lent: Prayers: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Liturgy of the Presanctified: Thursday Acathist Hymn to Mother of God: Friday

8	Wednesday	Ash Wednesday - Beginning of the Lenten Season for the Latin Church
	Jerusalem	Mass at Gethsemane

10	Friday
	Jerusalem	Via Dolorosa, Way of the Cross Ecce Homo, Crown of Thorns, Pontifical Mass by the Latin Patriarch
	GC churches	Acathist Hymn to the Theotokos (the Mother of God)

12	Sunday	First Sunday of Lent
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Solemn Mass in the presence of the Latin Patriarch
	GC	Patriarchate and churches, Procession with icons

17	Friday
	Jerusalem	Via Dolorosa, Way of the Cross
	GC Churches	Acathist Hymn to the Theotokos (the Mother of God)

19	Sunday	Second Sunday of Lent
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Solemn Mass in the presence of the Latin Patriarch
	GC	Patriarchate and churches, Procession with relics and Penitential March

		Feast of St. Joseph
	Nazareth	St. Joseph's Church, Pontifical Mass by Fr. Custos
	Bethlehem	St. Joseph's Church, Syrian-Catholic Liturgy

22	Wednesday
	Jerusalem	Dominus Flevit Pilgrimage (F)

23	Thursday	Blessed Rifqa
	Bethlehem	Saint Charbel's Church, Maronite Liturgy

24	Friday	Vigil of the Annunciation
	Nazareth	Basilica of the Annunciation, Solemn Entry of the Latin Patriarch
	Jerusalem	Via Dolorosa, Way of the Cross
	GC churches	Acathist Hymn to the Theotokos (the Mother of God)

25	Saturday	Annunciation of Our Lord
	Nazareth	Basilica of the Annunciation, Pontifical Mass by the Latin Patriarch
	Nazareth	Various pilgrimages to Nazareth

26	Sunday	Third Sunday of Lent
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Solemn Mass in the presence of the Latin Patriarch
	GC	Patriarchate and churches, Veneration of the Holy Cross
	Nazareth	Inter-Church meeting / Procession / Religious Concert

27	Monday	International Day for Consecrated Lay Persons
	Jerusalem	Pontifical Mass at the Latin Patriarchate

29	Wednesday	Pilgrimage
	Jerusalem	Gethsemane Pilgrimage (F)

31	Friday
	Jerusalem	Via Dolorosa, Way of the Cross
	GC churches	Acathist Hymn to the Theotokos (the Mother of God)