Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons, following winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. At the spring equinox, days are approximately 12
hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Often, cultures have locally defined names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe.
Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or
Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, Hagia
kai Megale Hebdomas, "Holy and Great Week") in Christianity is the
week just before Easter. In the West, it is also the last week of Lent, and
includes Palm Sunday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Maundy Thursday (Holy
Thursday), Good Friday (Holy Friday), and Holy Saturday. It does not include
Easter Sunday, although traditions observing the Easter Triduum may overlap or
displace part of Holy Week or Easter itself within that additional liturgical
period.
