Holy Week 2026: Prayer guides, mall hours, open restaurants, and more

Holy Week 2026 is here. A lot of establishments are closed or on shortened hours, while a lot of churches have their doors open at longer hours to welcome devotees.

We put all of our Holy Week guides in one place to help you with everything you may need. Have a restful and restorative Holy Week, mga Kapuso.

Prayer guide:

• How to pray the Stations of the Cross

Malls, restaurants, banks, and home:

• Metro Manila mall hours from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday
• Metro Manila restaurants open on Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday
• Bank schedules for Holy Week 2026
• Movies and series to stream for reflection
• Tips to safeguard your home during a Holy Week vacation
• Reminders for fur parents, plantitas for Holy Week 2026 travel
• BPI cards to be temporarily unavailable on select hours of Holy Week

Transportation and mobility:

• 3 million passengers expected in seaports for Holy Week 2026
• Over 1.35M passengers to pass through NAIA for Holy Week travel —NNIC
• Q City Bus Service to suspend ops on Maundy Thursday to Black Saturday
• MMDA suspends number coding scheme from April 1 to April 3
• LRT-1 to suspend ops from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday, April 2 to 5
• LRT-2 to suspend ops from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday
• Cebu Pacific reminds passengers to arrive 4 hours before departure
• Ligtas Biyahe tips for Holy Week travel
• Manila City, Antipolo announce road closures, alternative routes for Holy Week 2026

Features:

• From pabasa to salubong: Holy Week practices explained
• How dates for Easter Sunday and Holy Week are determined each year
• What does 'Maundy' mean, why is it called 'Good Friday' and more Lent-related questions answered
• Understanding Visita Iglesia: Deciding between 7 or 14 church visits?
• Ruben Enaje returns as ‘Kristo’ in Holy Week rites despite plans to retire
• Is bathing prohibited during Good Friday? Bishop Soc answers
• Explore 7 notable churches in the Diocese of Parañaque for Visita Iglesia
• Places in the PH where miracles were believed to have occurred