Lavanda (other)
Lavanda (Italian "washing", Russian "lavender") may refer to: * Lavanda (foot washing), as performed by Pius IX in the sala over the portico of St. Peter's * Lavanda, Crimea (Лаванда), population 206 in the 2014 census *Lavanda, a unit of the Internal Troops of Ukraine * Lavanda (song) (Лаванда), a 1985 song by Sofia Rotaru See also *Lavanya (name) *Lavandula ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and easte ...

Lavanda (foot Washing)
Maundy (from Old French ''mandé'', from Latin ''mandatum'' meaning "command"), or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium, is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations. The Latin word ''mandatum'' is the first word sung at the ceremony of the washing of the feet, "''Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos''", from the text of John 13:34 in the Vulgate ("I give you a new commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you", ). This is also seen as referring to the commandment of Christ that believers should emulate his loving humility in the washing of the feet (). The term ''mandatum'' (''mandé'', maundy), therefore, was applied to the rite of foot-washing on the Thursday preceding Easter Sunday, called Maundy Thursday. John 13:2–17 recounts Jesus' performance of this action. In verses 13:14–17, He instructs His disciples: Footwashing was practiced by the early Church, prior to rece ...
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