ear the conclusion of a similar service: there on Thursday
evening the high-altar is washed by the Card, priest and chapter;
on Friday the Pope, Cardinals etc. go thither to venerate the relics
after Tenebrae in the Sixtine chapel; and on the afternoons of both
days the Card. Penitentiary goes thither in slate. In the evening of
these three days the feet of pilgrims are washed, and they are served
at table by Cardinals etc. at the Trinita dei Pellegrini.

On _Thursday morning_ you can see the oils blessed at S. Peter's: this
ceremony begins _early_. There is little difference between the mass
(at about half past 9 or 10) in the Sixtine chapel on this day, and
on ordinary days, and there is generally a great crowd: the procession
after mass is repeated on the following morning; and the papal
benediction on Easter Sunday: your best plan therefore will be to go
at an early hour to see the blessing of the oils, and afterwards the
washing of the feet, at S. Peter's; and then go to see the dinner
of the _apostles_ near the balcony from which the Pope gives His
benediction. The _Sepulchres_, particularly that in the Cappella
Paolina, may be visited.

On _Friday morning_ the service of the Sixtine chapel begins at about
half past 9 or 10. (Devotion of 3 hours' agony from about half past
12 to half past 3 at the Gesu, SS. Lorenzo e Damaso etc.; after the
_Ave Maria_ the _Via Crucis_ at Caravita, and devotion of the dolours
of the B. Virgin at S. Marcello, etc. An hour after the _Ave Maria_
poetical compositions are recited at the Serbatojo dell'Arcadia).

On _Saturday morning_ service begins at S. John Lateran's at about
half past 7. As soon you have seen the baptism at the baptistery, you
had better drive to the Vatican, to attend at the beautiful mass of
the Sixtine chapel.

On _Saturday afternoon_ you may go to the Armenian mass at S.
Biagio or S. Gregorio Illuminatore: it begins towards 4 o clock. On
Easter-Sunday the Pope sings solemn mass at S. Peter's, at about 9
o'clock. He afterwards venerates the relics, and gives His solemn
benediction. In the afternoon, besides Vespers there is a procession
at S. Peter's called that of the 3 Maries. (At S. John Lateran's
the Cardinals assist at Vespers, and afterwards venerate the relics
preserved there) At night the cupola is illuminated, and on the
following night there are fireworks or _girandola_ at Castle S.
Angelo. On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday there is _cappella papale_