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:

    “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Ephesians 2:19-22.

    “I love meetings with suits. I live for meetings with suits. I love them because I know they had a really boring week and I walk in there with my orange velvet leggings and drop popcorn in my cleavage and then fish it out and eat it. I like that. I know I’m entertaining them and I know that they know. Obviously, the best meetings are with suits that are intelligent, because then things are operating on a whole other level.”
    —Madonna [Madonna Louise Ciccione] (b. 1959)

    “We want in every man a long logic; we cannot pardon the absence of it, but it must not be spoken. Logic is the procession or proportionate unfolding of the intuition; but its virtue is as silent method; the moment it would appear as propositions and have a separate value, it is worthless.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)