holy week

noun

1. 圣周（基督教指复活节前的一周）
   in the Christian Church, the week before Easter Sunday

1. Christian holy week overlaps with the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover
   基督教的圣周与犹太教逾越节的头几天重叠。
2. The sound of church bells wafted through Jerusalem's Old City, marking Palm Sunday and the beginning of Easter Holy Week.
   教堂的钟声在整个耶路撒冷老城回荡，庆祝棕枝主日，标志着复活节圣周的开始。
3. Indeed, the winter of our Holy Week has past.
   确实的，圣周的寒冬已经过去。
4. The event is a 38-year-old tradition and serves to prepare the lifeguards for emergencies before the start of vacations during Holy Week.
   这项有38年历史的考试专为复活节假期开始之前救生员应付各种紧急情况而设。
5. Holy Week culminates on Easter Sunday when Christians celebrate the resurrection.
   圣周将在复活节基督徒庆祝耶稣复活时达到高潮。
6. A few weeks later, a couple of us from NBC were invited to fly to the Vatican to discuss our proposed plans for Holy Week.
   数周之后，我们国家广播公司的几个人受邀飞往梵蒂冈，讨论我们所提议的圣周采访计划。
7. Earlier, Pope Benedict celebrated Palm Sunday Mass, which marks the start of the Christian Holy Week and commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
   早些时候，本尼迪克教皇主持了棕枝全日弥撒，以纪念耶稣成功进入耶路撒冷，它标志着圣周的开始。
8. TO UNDERSTAND the personal baggage that Pope Benedict XVI brought to the Holy Land this week, it is worth looking at his most accessible book," Jesus of Nazareth", published two years ago.
   要了解这个星期教皇本Benedict十六世到圣地带来的个人负担，就应该去看他两年前出版非常出名的书“JesusofNazareth”。
9. The day is the beginning of the christian's holy week.
   这天是基督神圣周的第一天。

noun

1. the week before Easter

   Synonym:    Passion Week