[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.91″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HolyWeekP4_KRw2.jpg” admin_label=”Top Image” _builder_version=”3.0.106″]
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”2px|0px|8px|0px” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Top Image caption” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px”]The narthex of Christ St. Paul’s, like many churches, uses symbolic decorations such as red cloths and palm fronds during Holy Week.
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Rev. Tiffany Knowlin of Wesley United Methodist Church in Columbia, SC discusses the importance of Holy Week within the Christian community.<\/p>\n
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Sylvester the donkey has been involved in Palm Sunday services at Christ St. Paul’s for over 15 years. He was retired from the service a few years ago due to old age.<\/p>\n
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\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 4″ _builder_version=”3.0.106″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]Rev. Craig Barrett of Christ St. Paul’s discussed some of the unique aspects of his church’s Holy Week services, such as the Palm Sunday service.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”News Story” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ custom_margin=”0px||0px|”]Holy Week is celebrated around the world, and the progression of the week \u2014 from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday to Holy Saturday \u2014 contains special significance for Christians commemorating the resurrection of Christ.<\/p>\n
“Some churches do something every day for Holy Week,” said the Rev. Tiffany Knowlin, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church in downtown Columbia.\u00a0 <\/span>“It\u2019s important, though, because unfortunately for people who come to church \u2026 if they just come to church on Palm Sunday, and don\u2019t do anything during the week, and you get to Easter, you\u2019ve missed the whole story.\u00a0 They just heard \u2018Hosanna\u2019 and \u2018Halleluja!\u2019 For a lot of people that\u2019s the case.”<\/p>\n The Rev. Craig Borrett of Christ St. Paul’s Church, an Anglican parish on Yonges Island,<\/strong> echoed Knowlin’s statements.\u00a0 “You can’t just come to the Easter egg hunt and say ‘Oh, I got it!'” Barrett said.\u00a0“You can’t just come to Easter Sunday and, ‘Oh, I got it!'”<\/p>\n Although different denominations observe Holy Week in different ways, the core message is the same \u2014 the commemoration of the death and resurrection of Christ.<\/p>\n “We begin Holy Week on Palm Sunday representing Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem for the last time,” said Msgr. Richard Harris of St. Joseph’s Catholic<\/span> Church in Columbia. \u00a0Holy Week ends on Holy Saturday, which contains the biggest mass of the year in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n St. Joseph’s congregants traditionally leave Palm Sunday in silence as a sign of reflection upon the solemn week ahead. Others, like Christ St. Paul’s, have a procession involving drama, palm fronds and a live donkey.<\/p>\n Palm Sunday is followed by Spy, or Holy Wednesday, and Maundy Thursday. Maundy Thursday services often include foot-washing, to represent the actions of Jesus when he washed his disciples’ feet during the Last Supper, and the stripping of the altar. Good Friday is a somber service recalling the anguish of Christ on the cross.<\/p>\n Knowlin said that the events of Holy Week extend beyond services. Churches hold Easter egg hunts for children and Columbia hosts a special event called Good Food, Good Feet, Good Friday, where volunteers wash the feet of the homeless, feed them breakfast and give them medical attention if needed.<\/p>\n Harris said he loves the journey of Holy Week, although it can place a strain on pastors and church leaders.<\/p>\n “There is a certain amount of physical demand on the priest, and it can be exhausting as well as exhilarating,” he said. Of the services, he added, “I personally look forward to each one…They are so distinct and powerful, I like every one of them.”<\/p>\n Pastors often try to drive home that Easter is “not about the bunny,” Borrett said.<\/p>\n However, Good Friday also requires ministers and teachers of the Christian faith to explain to children the crucifixion \u2014 a humiliating, prolonged and agonizing execution \u2014 that is at the center of the key concepts of Christianity.<\/p>\n “I think it\u2019s a challenge, for sure,” Borrett said. “I think you have to really try to share as it\u2019s appropriate age-wise with people. That\u2019s why, in a lot of ways, faith is a journey and not an event.<\/p>\n “People wear crosses all the time, and it\u2019s a piece of jewelry and a piece of art, which is great,” he said, “but sometimes the actual meaning gets lost because it\u2019s so hard, it\u2019s so harsh, it\u2019s so difficult.”<\/p>\n “We’re not trying to take away our children’s innocence,” \u00a0Knowlin said. \u00a0“We’ve got enough of that in the world … but that doesn’t mean we lie about it.”<\/p>\n Knowlin said that emphasis on the details of the crucifixion are secondary to the aspect of love involved with the story of Good Friday, and that is the part they emphasize to children, particularly younger ones.<\/p>\n “That’s the part we don’t want them to forget,” she said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n S.C. pastors from the Midlands to the Lowcountry reflect on the importance of the Christian traditions of Holy Week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":7197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[67,71,97],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7092"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16585,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7092\/revisions\/16585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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