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Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandad". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ , or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.
The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated. As a fact, in the list Óscar Romero is the only native saint of Central America [1] and the Caribbean. The rest were Spanish missionaries who carried out their apostolic work in these American countries.
English Name Local Name Remarks January 1 New Year's Day: New Year's Day: The celebration of the first day of the Gregorian Calendar. March or April Holy Week: Semana Santa [4] Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are official holidays. May 1 Labour Day: Día del Trabajo: Also called International Workers' Day: June 30 Army Day: Día ...
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The first prokimenon is from Psalm 43 (44): 'Arise, Lord, and help us: and deliver us for Thy Name's sake.' Ezekiel 37:1-14 - God tells Ezekiel to command bones to come to life. The second prokimenon is from Psalm 9 (9–10), and is based on the verses sung at the kathismata and Lauds on Sundays: 'Arise, O Lord my God, lift up Thine hand ...
The names of the days of the week in North Germanic languages were not calqued from Latin directly, but taken from the West Germanic names. Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (pronounced [ˈsunnɑndæj]), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase diēs Sōlis.
The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated. St. Louis Bertrand (1526–1581), Dominican priest (Colombia) Beatified: 19 July 1608 by Pope Paul V; Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X; St. Rose of Lima (1586–1617), Dominican tertiary (Peru)
This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 18:00 (UTC). Text is ...