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Passiontide encompasses the final two weeks of Lent, beginning with Passion Sunday and concluding on Holy Saturday.
Historically, this period involved distinctive liturgical practices: churches would drape crucifixes, pictures, and images in purple cloth (with the crucifix remaining covered until Good Friday), and congregations would omit the “Gloria Patri” from Psalms and other liturgical elements. Medieval English practice marked the shift into Passiontide by changing the liturgical color from unbleached linen to deep red, though contemporary usage typically maintains purple throughout Lent.
The observance has undergone significant changes in modern times. Since 1969, the Roman Catholic Church discontinued Passion Sunday as a distinct observance, merging it with Palm Sunday instead, and made the traditional veiling practices optional and limited to Holy Week alone, with no observances unique to the broader Passiontide period. The Church of England retained the designation in its 1928 Book of Common Prayer, though some Anglican provinces have since adopted the Roman Catholic terminology.
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