While the Palm Sunday and Easter observances of Holy Week are generally more joyful, Maundy Thursday observances take on a more solemn tone and focus on two primary rituals that are portrayed in the biblical accounts of the Last Supper.
In Oak Creek this weekend, thousands of people of all faiths and backgrounds attended the anniversary events - a federal observance on Friday, a memorial run on Saturday, prayer services on Sunday, and a candlelight vigil on Monday.
After arriving in Milan from Belgrade, Putin was due to meet the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, who said she would press him on observance of a September ceasefire agreement which remains tenuous.
Featuring him on six episodes of "The Sarah Silverman Program", she gave him a lot to be natural about, including, in "Wowschwitz," a comedic turn as a closeted, former Auschwitz guard hijacking a Holocaust observance on orders from a commandant played by Ed Asner.
Chinese government offices were closed on Friday in observance of a national holiday, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry declined earlier in the week to comment on Mr. Devillers.
"We strongly believe that what we need is not observers but observance, meaning observance on the part of the Palestinians to observe the cease-fire," said Avi Pazner, a government spokesman.
In Rye a ceremony on Saturday starts at 10 a.m. at the African-American Cemetery, 215 North Street, and an observance on Monday begins at 10 a.m. on the Village Green, Boston Post Road.
In fact, the Poles had deftly avoided inviting any politicians in person; the Auschwitz museum simply alerted embassies that there would be an observance on January 27th, and asked who would attend.
Part of the event was devoted to eating thoughtfully in silence, and the practice was so well received that an hourlong wordless vegan lunch is now a monthly observance on the Google campus.
Three of his comrades also hope to attend a morning observance on Kilo Pier (it's open to the public) before traveling to the memorial.
