Holy Saturday is a Christian observance that falls on the day before Easter Sunday. The last day of Holy Week, it commemorates the time Christ lay in the tomb between his death and Resurrection, and typically marks his burial and the triumphant descent into hell (or “to the dead”) mentioned in the Apostles’ Creed. After sundown, many liturgical churches hold the Easter Vigil—the principal Easter service—to celebrate the Resurrection.
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