Holy Week Procession

A Holy Week procession is an event taking place in Holy Week, most often in a country with traditional Roman Catholic culture.

  • Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.
  • Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus gave Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his passion.
  • Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations.
  • Holy Saturday: Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb.
  • Easter Sunday: The resurrection of the Christ.

Places famous for their Holy Week processions include:

  • Colombia
    • Popayán
    • Santa Cruz de Mompox
  • Guatemala

See also Holy Week processions in Guatemala

    • Antigua Guatemala
    • Guatemala City
  • Honduras
    • Comayagua
    • Tegucigalpa
  • Italy
    • Taranto
  • Malta
    • Citadel (Gozo)
    • Cospicua
    • Għargħur
    • Għaxaq
    • Luqa
    • Mosta
    • Nadur
    • Naxxar
    • Paola
    • Qormi
    • Rabat
    • Valletta
    • Victoria (Gozo)
    • Vittoriosa
    • Xagħra (Gozo)
    • Xewkija (Gozo)
    • Żebbuġ
    • Żebbuġ, Gozo
    • Żejtun
  • Mexico
    • Iztapalapa
  • Peru
    • Arequipa
    • Ayacucho
    • Cusco
    • Huaraz
    • Tarma
  • Philippines
    • Angono
    • Baliuag
    • Bantayan Island
    • Malolos
    • Marikina City
    • Paete
    • Pampanga
  • Portugal
    • Braga
  • Spain
    • Andalusia
      • Granada, declared of international touristic interest
      • Málaga, declared of international touristic interest
      • Seville, declared of international touristic interest es:Semana Santa en Sevilla
    • Castile and León
      • León, declared of international touristic interest
      • Salamanca, declared of international touristic interest
      • Valladolid, declared of international touristic interest es:Semana Santa en Valladolid
      • Zamora, declared of international touristic interest
    • Castile-La Mancha
      • Hellin, declared of international touristic interest es:Semana Santa de Hellín
      • Toledo
    • Region of Murcia
      • Murcia, declared of national touristic interest, the typical with Francisco Salzillo images.
      • Cartagena, declared of international touristic interest
      • Lorca, declared of international touristic interest
    • Other regions
      • Ferrol, declared of national touristic interest in 1997

Renowned sculptors of Holy Week pasos include:

  • Pedro Berruguete
  • Gil de Siloé
  • Juan de Juni
  • Francisco Salzillo

Famous quotes containing the words holy, week and/or procession:

    “O holy Child of Bethlehem!
    Descend to us, we pray;”
    —Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)

    “A baby nurse is one that changes diapers and loves ‘em dearly. Get up at all hours of the night to give ‘em the bottle and change their pants. If the baby coughs or cries, you have to find out the need. I had my own room usually, but I slept in the same room with the baby. I would take full charge. It was twenty-four hours. I used to have one day a week off and I’d go home and see my own two little ones.”
    —Ruth Lindstrom (c. 1892–?)

    “Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen are brought over to enjoy the light of the Gospel.”
    —Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)