Passion Sunday

Passion Sunday
Crucifix veiled for Passiontide in the Parish Church of St. Martin, Tannheim, Baden Württemberg, Germany.
Also calledCare Sunday (Scotland)
Observed byAnglicans
Lutherans
Roman Catholics (Extraordinary Form)
Methodists
Liturgical colorViolet
ObservancesVeiling of crucifixes and images
DateFifth Sunday in Lent; Second Sunday before Easter, or the Sunday following this (Roman Rite)
2023 dateMarch 26
2024 dateMarch 17
2025 dateApril 6
2026 dateMarch 22
Related toPassiontide, Palm Sunday

Passion Sunday is the fifth Sunday in Lent, marking the beginning of Passiontide. In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church deleted Passiontide from the liturgical calendar of the Mass of Paul VI, but it is still observed in the Church by those who keep the Extraordinary Form and Personal Ordinariates, and outside it by some Anglicans and Lutherans.

In Scotland, the day is known as Care Sunday.[1]

  1. ^ "Care Sunday". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)