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A decorated cross with offerings during the Day of the Cross in El Salvador. In El Salvador, the Day of the Cross ("Día de la Cruz" in Spanish), as it is known, is celebrated on May 3. This celebration is not considered an official government or church holiday; it only marks the beginning of the "wet" or rainy season in winter.
[citation needed] The current marble cross carved with images of Jesus and Mary (which replaced the earlier wooden cross) is attributed to Juan Bautista Vázquez “The Elder”, and dates from 1571. [23] In either 1624 or 1648 there was a further restoration by Pedro Caballero de Illescas. [24] In 1630 it became the endpoint of the Via Crucis. [2]
The images of Jesus are situated on the first throne, which represents a biblical passage of the Gospels: triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus carrying the cross, Jesus crucified, descent from the Cross, etc. Depending on the scene depicted the carving of Jesus may appear alone or accompanied by other statues related to the biblical passage ...
Jesús Despojado (Stripped Jesus). 1936. La Paz (The Peace). 1939. The paso represents the moment when they are giving Jesus the cross. It is also the first one to go out. La Cena (The Last Supper). 1591. [citation needed] La Hiniesta (The Broom). 1412. [5] [6] The paso represents the moment when Jesus is in the cross and Mary Magdalene crying ...
May 8 marks VE (Victory in Europe) Day. In 1945, it was the day that the Allied forces formally accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender. PHOTOS: 75 years since VE Day
As we embrace the multifaceted historical realities of Black History Month, it is not irony but ethnic reality that calls our attention to those passages of scripture in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26.
One states the Spanish king Philip II had the three Black Christ images commissioned, which then went on to their current locations. [18] Another story says that the image was found on the Day of the Cross by an indigenous person at the foot of a tree in the village of Puctlanzingo, which was then claimed by the Mazatecos of the region.
Wherever you go, the experience is usually the same. You enter a church or a cathedral, and an ecclesiastical hush descends. You admire the architecture, the artworks, the centuries of history and ...