Holy Tuesday

Holy Tuesday
Holy Tuesday procession in Ceuta, 2012
Also called	Great and Holy Tuesday Megali Triti
Observed by	Christians
Type	Christian
Significance	commemorates the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the talents or minas
Observances	Mass; Tenebrae
Date	Tuesday before Easter
2016 date	March 22 (Western) April 26 (Eastern)
2017 date	April 11 (Western) April 11 (Eastern)
2018 date	March 27 (Western) April 3 (Eastern)
2019 date	April 16 (Western) April 23 (Eastern)
Frequency	annual
Related to	Holy Week

March 22 (Western)

April 11 (Western)

March 27 (Western)

April 16 (Western)

Holy Tuesday or Great and Holy Tuesday (Greek: Μεγάλη Τρίτη, Megali Triti) is the Tuesday of Holy Week, which precedes the commemoration of the death of Jesus.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the readings are Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 71:1-6, 71:15, 71:17; ; and , .

In the Revised Common Lectionary, which is used by the Anglican Communion, Methodist Churches, Lutheran Churches, Old Catholic Churches and some Reformed Churches, the Scripture lessons are Isaiah 49:1-7 (First Reading), 71:1-14 (Psalm), 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (Second Reading), and 12:20-36 (Gospel Reading).

In traditional Methodist usage, The Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) provides the following Collect for Holy Tuesday:

Almighty, everlasting God, grant us so perfectly to follow the passion of our Lord, that we may obtain the help and pardon of his all-sufficient grace; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.