Holy Saturday

After hours of anticipation, the ceremony culminates when Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges from the sealed empty tomb with a lighted candle, a mysterious act considered an annual Holy Saturday miracle before Orthodox Easter Sunday.

It is observed from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, which marks their belief in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

The Holy Saturday blessings of foods that were avoided during Lent.

Holy Saturday marks Jesus' burial in a tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea.

The Lenten season either ends on the evening of Maundy Thursday or on Holy Saturday, during Holy Week.