The most important time of the year for Christians begins with Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday. We re-enact how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples on the night before he died, and how he instituted the "Lord's Supper" of bread and wine. Finally, the service ends in silence and darkness as we recall how Jesus and the disciples left the Upper Room for the garden of Gethsemane- with Jesus shortly to face arrest, torture and death.