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Thursday of the Dead (Arabic: خميس الأموات‎ Khamis al-Amwat) also known as Thursday of the Secrets (Arabic: خميس الأسرار‎ Khamis al-Asrar) or Thursday of the Eggs is a feast day shared by Christians and Muslims in the Levant. It falls sometime between the Easter Sundays of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian traditions. It is a day on which the souls of the dead are honoured.

country
Levant, Muslim, Arab Christians
meaning
Honours the souls of the dead
similar
Easter, Maundy Thursday, Nabi Musa

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