On the first day of Passover, the disciples asked Jesus, where they should eat their meal. Holy Thursday – The Last Supper and Arrest of Jesus The celebration is followed by the spiritual pilgrimage to Pater Noster Church and the Chapel of Ascension. Typically they will gather first at the Tomb of Lazarus and later in the church. To commemorate this event, Franciscan brothers make an annual pilgrimage to Bethany (El-Azariya). However, Jesus excused her and said that she prepared him for the upcoming burial. Christ’s disciples did not understand why she would ‘waste’, as they thought, such a valuable thing. ![]() While he was eating, a woman came and broke a jar containing a very expensive perfume made of the pure nard, which she poured on his head. Jesus was then anointed in Bethany, at the house of Simon. ![]() At the same time, chief priests and elders, who were against Jesus, were making plans how and when to arrest him. Those are the words Jesus said to his disciples two days before he was captured and sentenced to death. “In two days, as you know, it will be the Passover Festival, and the Son of Man, will be handed over to be crucified.” (Matt.
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