Holy Week procession

A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries, especially those with a Catholic culture. Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image of the crucified Christ are carried aloft by foot as a penance; acts of mortification are carried out; traditional Christian hymns and chants are sung (except during the silent processions of Good Friday). In many confraternities of penitents, the faces of the members are covered by elaborate hoods, such as the capirote, as a way of hiding one's identity in order to not ostentatiously draw attention to oneself while performing penance. Crosses, and biers holding Catholic holy images surrounded with flowers and offerings of candles, are carried usually from one parish church to another led by the clergy, monastic orders, or heads of the penitential orders.

'The Chained Man' procession in Sartène (Corsica)

Palm Sunday procession in Astorga (Spain)

Holy Week procession in Taranto (Italy)

Holy Week procession in Valladolid (Spain)

Paso of Holy Week in Salamanca.

Holy Week in Zamora

Procession, Antigua, Guatemala

Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.
Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the 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:

Argentina

Procession of Our Lord of the Miracle in Salta city. Christianity is the largest religion in Argentina.

- La Boca, Buenos Aires
- Salta
- Cordoba
- Mendoza
- Neuquén
Colombia
- Popayán
- Santa Cruz de Mompox
Corsica
- Calvi
- Sartène (See Catenacciu )

- Antigua Guatemala
- Guatemala City
Honduras
- Comayagua
- Tegucigalpa
Italy
- Taranto
- Chieti
- Holy Week Procession in Trapani (Italy)
  Trapani
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
- Morelia
- Oaxaca City
- San Luis Potosí City
- Taxco
Peru
- Arequipa
- Ayacucho
- Cusco
- Huaraz
- Tarma
Philippines
- Baliuag
- Lipa City
- Makati
- Paete
- Pasig
- San Pablo, Laguna
- Porac, Pampanga
- Sta. Rita, Pampanga
- Sasmuan, Pampanga
- Vigan
Portugal
- Holy Week in Braga, Braga
Spain
- Andalusia
  - Granada, declared of international tourism interest [1]
  - Málaga, declared of international tourism interest
  - Seville, declared of international tourism interest
- Castile and León
  - León, declared of international tourism interest [2]
  - Salamanca, declared of international tourism interest
  - Valladolid, declared of international tourism interest
  - Zamora, declared of international tourism interest
- Castile-La Mancha
  - Hellin, declared of international tourism interest
  - Toledo
- Region of Murcia
  - Murcia, declared of national tourism interest, the typical with Francisco Salzillo images.
  - Cartagena, declared of international tourism interest
  - Lorca, declared of international tourism interest
- Other regions
  - Ferrol, declared of international tourism interest in 2014 [3]

Renowned sculptors of Holy Week include:

show v t Holy Week and Easter
Controversies Date (List) Etymology Observances Traditions
Days	Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Holy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Easter Monday Easter Friday Easter Saturday
Events	Shrovetide Lent Great Lent Paschal Triduum Bright Week Octave of Easter Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday Eastertide Mid-Pentecost Pentecost Trinity Sunday
Christianity	Passion of Jesus Last Supper Crucifixion of Jesus Burial of Jesus Resurrection of Jesus Dormition of the Theotokos Tenebrae Easter Vigil Epitaphios Exsultet Good Friday Prayer For Jews Jesus Lumen Christi Myrrhbearers Paschal candle Paschal cycle Paschal greeting Paschal Homily Paschal trikirion Paschal troparion Pentecostarion
Traditions	Artos Burning of Judas Cascarón Clipping the church Croatian pisanica Crucession Easter basket Easter Bilby Easter bonnet Easter Bunny Easter egg Easter egg tree Easter parade Easter postcard Easter Sepulchre Egg dance Egg decorating Egg decorating in Slavic culture Egg hunt Egg rolling Egg tapping Egg tossing Fasika Gorzkie żale Holy Fire Holy Week procession Lieldienas Osterbrunnen Pace Egg play Polish pisanka Pysanka Radonitsa Rouketopolemos Saitopolemos Scoppio del carro Sunrise service Święconka Traditional Easter games and customs
Media	Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 Easter hymns Easter Oratorio Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158 Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134 Films Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145 Passion hymns Russian Easter Festival Overture
Topics	Date of Easter Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table Easter controversy Easter Epic Ecclesiastical new moon Paschal Full Moon Pussy willow Reform of the date of Easter
Society	Ēostre Maslenitsa Salzburg Easter Festival

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