# Holy Wednesday

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Christian commemoration

Holy Wednesday A confraternity of penitents leads a Holy Wednesday procession in Villarreal, Spain (2015) Also called Spy Wednesday Good Wednesday Holy and Great Wednesday Observed by Christians Type Christian Significance commemorates the Bargain of Judas and the Parable of the Two Debtors Observances Mass; Tenebrae Date Wednesday before Easter 2025 date April 16 (Western) April 16 (Eastern) 2026 date April 1 (Western) April 8 (Eastern) 2027 date March 24 (Western) April 28 (Eastern) 2028 date April 12 (Western) April 12 (Eastern) Frequency annual Related to Holy Week

*Miércoles Santo* (Holy Wednesday) in [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz), [Spain](/source/Spain)

In [Christianity](/source/Christianity), **Holy Wednesday** commemorates the [Bargain of Judas](/source/Bargain_of_Judas) as a clandestine spy among the disciples.[1] It is also called **Spy Wednesday**,[2] or **Good Wednesday** (in [Western Christianity](/source/Western_Christianity)),[3] and **Great and Holy Wednesday** (in [Eastern Christianity](/source/Eastern_Christianity)).

In [Western Christianity](/source/Western_Christianity), many churches of various denominations observe the [tenebrae](/source/Tenebrae) service on Holy Wednesday.[4][5][6]

## Biblical narratives

In the [New Testament](/source/New_Testament) account of Holy Week, after [Palm Sunday](/source/Palm_Sunday), the [Sanhedrin](/source/Sanhedrin) gathered and plotted to kill Jesus before the feast of [Pesach](/source/Pesach).[7] On the Wednesday before his death, Jesus was in [Bethany](/source/Bethany_(Jerusalem)), in the house of [Simon the Leper](/source/Simon_the_Leper). As he sat at the supper table with his disciples, a woman named Mary [anointed Jesus' head and feet](/source/Anointing_of_Jesus) with a costly oil of [spikenard](/source/Spikenard).[8] The disciples were indignant, asking why the oil was not instead sold and the money given to the poor.[9] But [Judas Iscariot](/source/Judas_Iscariot) wanted to keep the money for himself.[10][11] Then Judas went to the Sanhedrin and offered to deliver Jesus to them in exchange for money. From this moment on, Judas sought an opportunity to betray Jesus.[12]

In reference to Judas Iscariot's intent to betray Jesus, formed on Holy Wednesday, the day is sometimes called "Spy Wednesday".[13][14][15] The word *spy*, as used in the term, means "ambush, ambuscade, snare".[16] Additionally, among the disciples, Judas clandestinely was a spy and Wednesday was the day he chose to betray Jesus.[17]

## Liturgy

### Western Christianity

#### Catholic Church

A [Tenebrae](/source/Tenebrae) service held at a Roman Catholic parish church on Spy Wednesday (2019)

Today, the term "[Tenebrae](/source/Tenebrae)" refers to a [Holy Week](/source/Holy_Week) service usually held on Spy Wednesday that involves the gradual extinguishing of candles on a Tenebrae hearse, readings related to the [Passion of Jesus](/source/Passion_of_Jesus), and the *strepitus* (loud noise).[6][18]

Prior to the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council), the Tenebrae liturgy of [matins](/source/Matins) and [lauds](/source/Lauds) of [Maundy Thursday](/source/Maundy_Thursday) (Holy Thursday) used to be celebrated in the afternoon or evening of Good Wednesday. The name comes from the [Latin](/source/Latin) word *tenebrae*, meaning *darkness*. In this [service](/source/Church_service), all the candles on a special candelabra and on the [altar](/source/Altar) were gradually extinguished except for one. This was then hidden and the church was left in complete darkness. Next, after recitation of [Psalms 50–51](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#50:1) and a special prayer, a loud noise (in [Latin](/source/Latin) *strepitus*) was made, which was originally a signal for the ministers to depart but was later interpreted as symbolizing the confusion and terror that accompanied the [death of Jesus](/source/Death_of_Jesus), including the earthquake that, according to the Gospel of [Matthew 27:51](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:51), followed. A similar celebration of matins and lauds of Good Friday and Holy Saturday used to be held towards the close of each of the preceding days.[19] This custom is still retained by those Catholic Churches which celebrate the pre-1955 Holy Week Reforms.

In the older form of the Mass known as the [Tridentine Mass](/source/Tridentine_Mass) the readings for Holy Wednesday are taken from [Isaiah 62:11](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#62:11); [63:1–7](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#63:1) and the Gospel according to St. [Luke 22:1–71](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#22:1); [23:1–53](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:1). In the 1955 Holy Week Reform, the first 38 verses of the 22nd chapter of St. Luke were removed. Those 38 verses are retained in the Roman Catholic Churches which celebrate the pre-1955 Holy Week.[20] In the [ordinary form of the Roman Rite](/source/Mass_of_Paul_VI) the readings on Holy Wednesday are Isaiah 50.4–9a and Matthew 26.14–25.[21]

#### Lutheran Churches

Lutheran churches hold services on Holy Wednesday, often in the form of the [Tenebrae](/source/Tenebrae).[22][23]

#### Anglican Churches

In the [Episcopal Church in the United States](/source/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States), a member of the [Anglican Communion](/source/Anglican_Communion), the office of [Tenebrae](/source/Tenebrae) is celebrated on Spy Wednesday.[5]

#### Methodist Churches

In traditional Methodist usage, *[The Book of Worship for Church and Home](/source/Book_of_Worship_for_Church_and_Home_(1965))* (1965) provides the following Collect for Spy Wednesday:[24]

Assist us mercifully with thy help, O Lord God our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the meditation of those mighty acts through which thou hast given unto us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.[24]

On the evening of Spy Wednesday, many Methodist churches observe the Tenebrae service.

### Eastern Christianity

#### Byzantine Rite

In the [Byzantine Rite](/source/Byzantine_Rite) (used by Eastern Orthodox, certain Eastern Catholic and Eastern Lutheran churches), the theme of Holy and Great Wednesday is the commemoration of the sinful woman who [anointed Jesus](/source/Parable_of_the_Two_Debtors) before his crucifixion and Burial; a second theme is the [agreement to betray Jesus](/source/Bargain_of_Judas) made by [Judas Iscariot](/source/Judas_Iscariot).

The day begins at vespers to which may be joined the celebration of the [Presanctified Liturgy](/source/Presanctified_Liturgy); typically, this is now performed Tuesday morning or afternoon. At this service, many of the hymns sung at matins are repeated. The readings tell of the finding of Moses and the sufferings of Job. The Gospel tells a number of parables about the Second Coming, including the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.

Later that evening (in parish practice) or early the following morning, the [matins](/source/Matins#Eastern_Christianity) follows the special format known as the *Bridegroom Service* which is used the first three days of Holy Week. The Gospel is a passage from [John 12](/source/John_12) about Jesus revealing himself to some Greeks. Towards the end of matins, the *[Hymn of Kassiani](/source/Kassia)* is sung. The [hymn](/source/Hymn), (written in the 9th century by [Kassia](/source/Kassia)) tells of the woman who washed Christ's feet in the house of [Simon the Leper](/source/Simon_the_Leper) ([Luke 7:36–50](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#7:36)). Much of the hymn is written from the perspective of the sinful woman:

Service of the Sacrament of Holy Unction

O Lord, the woman who had fallen into many sins, sensing Your Divinity, takes upon herself the duty of a myrrh-bearer. With lamentations she brings you myrrh in anticipation of your entombment. "Woe to me!" she cries, "for me night has become a frenzy of licentiousness, a dark and moonless love of sin. Receive the fountain of my tears, O You who gather into clouds the waters of the sea. Incline unto me, unto the sighings of my heart, O You who bowed the heavens by your ineffable condescension. I will wash your immaculate feet with kisses and dry them again with the tresses of my hair; those very feet at whose sound Eve hid herself in fear when she heard You walking in Paradise in the twilight of the day. As for the multitude of my sins and the depths of Your judgments, who can search them out, O Savior of souls, my Savior? Do not disdain me Your handmaiden, O You who are boundless in mercy.

Where [Byzantine music](/source/Byzantine_music) is used, the composition expresses the poetry so strongly that it often leaves many people in a state of prayerful tears. The Hymn can last upwards of 25 minutes and is liturgically and musically a highpoint of the entire year.

At vespers, to which may be joined the celebration of the [Presanctified Liturgy](/source/Presanctified_Liturgy), and which, strictly speaking, is the liturgical beginning of [Holy Thursday](/source/Maundy_Thursday), many of the hymns sung at matins are repeated. The readings tell of Moses' killing of the Egyptian and Job refusing to curse God despite his misfortunes. The Gospel tells the stories of the sinful woman and Judas' betrayal.

In Greece (and some other places the custom has spread to) all members of the church receive [Holy Unction](/source/Holy_Unction) on Wednesday evening.[25]

It is on account of the agreement made by Judas to betray Jesus on this day that Orthodox Christians [fast](/source/Fasting) on Wednesdays (as well as Fridays) throughout the year.

## Customs

*Holy Wednesday* and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered

- [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic): the day is traditionally called *Ugly Wednesday*, *Soot-Sweeping Wednesday* or *Black Wednesday*, because chimneys used to be swept on this day, to be clean for Easter.[26]

- [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia): in [Larantuka, East Flores](/source/Larantuka), this day is known as *Rabu Trewa (Rowdy Wednesday)*. People go around the town while dragging zinc plates along the paved streets. They strike the plates repeatedly while shouting "Trewa!" to commemorate the arrest of Jesus and the start of Easter Triduum.[27]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-Halsey1981_3-0)** Halsey, William Darrach (1981). *[Collier's Encyclopedia with Bibliography and Index](/source/Collier's_Encyclopedia)*. Macmillan Educational Corporation. Among English-speaking peoples the Wednesday of Holy Week is called variously Good Wednesday, Holy Wednesday, Spy Wednesday (referring to the activities of Judas Iscariot), and Wednesday before Easter.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Black2004_4-0)** Black, Vicki K. (October 2004). *Welcome to the Church Year*. Church Publishing. p. 78. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8192-1966-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8192-1966-4). Also, in many places you will find the service of Tenebrae offered on one of these early weekdays of Holy Week, most often on Wednesday evening.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PECUSA2018_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PECUSA2018_5-1) *Book of Occasional Services*. [Episcopal Church in the United States](/source/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States). 2018. In this book, provision is made for Tenebrae on Wednesday evening only, in order that the proper liturgies of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday may find their place as the principal services of those days.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Kosloski2018_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Kosloski2018_6-1) Kosloski, Philip (28 March 2018). ["What is "Spy Wednesday"?"](https://aleteia.org/2018/03/28/what-is-spy-wednesday/). Aleteia. Retrieved 17 April 2019. From Wednesday onward, Judas secretly watched for a chance to turn Jesus over to the chief priests, and so many Christians labeled this day as "Spy Wednesday." In the same vein various cultures reflected the somber mood of this day by calling it "Black Wednesday" or "Wednesday of Shadows," which also corresponds to the liturgical rite of Tenebrae that is celebrated on this day.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Matthew 26:3–5](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:3–5&version=nkjv); [Mark 14:1–2](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14:1–2&version=nkjv); [Luke 22:1–2](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22:1–2&version=nkjv)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Matthew 26:6–7](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:6–7&version=nkjv); [Mark 14:3](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14:3&version=nkjv); [John 12:3–4](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12:3–4&version=nkjv)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Matthew 26:8–9](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:8–9&version=nkjv); [Mark 14:4–5](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14:4–5&version=nkjv); [John 12:5](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12:5&version=nkjv)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [John 12:6](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12:6&version=nkjv)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Matthew 26:14–16](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:14–16&version=nkjv); [Mark 14:10–12](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+14:10–12&version=nkjv); [Luke 22:3–6](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22:3–6&version=nkjv)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["spy, *n*."](http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/188063?redirectedFrom=Spy+Wednesday), *OED Online*, Oxford University Press, December 2013, retrieved 15 Dec 2013, **Spy Wednesday** *n*. in Irish use, the Wednesday before Easter.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Packer, George Nichols (1893), [*Our Calendar: The Julian Calendar and Its Errors, how Corrected by the Gregorian*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UZA4AQAAMAAJ), Corning, NY: [The author], p. 112, retrieved 15 Dec 2013, Spy Wednesday, so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas, or the day on which he made the bargain to deliver Him into the hands of His enemies for thirty pieces of silver.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** McNichol, Hugh (2014). ["Spy Wednesday conversion to Holy Wednesday"](http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=4225). Catholic Online. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** "spy". *[Oxford English Dictionary](/source/Oxford_English_Dictionary)* (1st ed.). [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). 1933.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BOW1964_24-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BOW1964_24-1) [*The Book of Worship for Church and Home: With Orders of Worship, Services for the Administration of the Sacraments and Other Aids to Worship According to the Usages of the Methodist Church*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Ckw6vgAACAAJ). Methodist Publishing House. 1964. p. 101. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** [Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha: The Sacrament of Holy Unction: Holy Wednesday afternoon and Evening](http://lent.goarch.org/holy_wednesday/learn/)

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## External links

- [What Is Spy Wednesday during Holy Week?](https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/what-is-spy-wednesday-during-holy-week.html) - [Christianity.com](/source/Christianity.com)

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