Holy Saturday / Black Saturday

Holy Saturday is also known as Holy and Great Saturday, the Great Sabbath, Black Saturday, Joyous Saturday or Easter Even. Holy Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day after Good Friday and the day before Easter. This day commemorates the day that Jesus’ body lay in the tomb and the Harrowing of Hell (triumphant descent of Jesus into Hell between the time of his Crucifixion and his Resurrection).