Passiontide

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Passiontide, in the Christian liturgical year, is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on Passion Sunday and ending on Holy Saturday.

In the pre-Vatican II rite in the Roman Catholic Church, the statues and crucifixes were covered with purple veils. A crucifix was unveiled in a ceremony which is part of the Good Friday service, and on that day after the service other crucifixes were unveiled without ceremony. The statues remained veiled until during the Gloria in Excelsis at the Easter Vigil Mass.