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Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image of the crucified Christ are carried aloft by foot on shoulder-borne pasos (or on wheeled carrozas in the Philippines) as an act of penance; acts of mortification are carried out; traditional Christian hymns and chants are sung (except during the silent ...
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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.
In 1915, after years of court litigation over the name of the organization and use of the name "Church of God in Christ" by the two groups; Mason's group was granted the use of the name and Jones's group organized a legally chartered Holiness body called the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. [14]
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Good Friday processions in Baliuag or Holy Week procession in Baliuag, Bulacan is an event taking place in Holy Week, in a traditional Roman Catholic culture of the St. Augustine Parish Church of Baliuag. In the Philippines, Good Friday [nb 1] [1] while others contend that it is a corruption of "God Friday".
Weingarten Blutritt, 2007 The Rider of the Holy Blood of Weingarten Blutritt, 2011. The Blutritt in the Upper Swabia Weingarten is regarded as the biggest equestrian procession in Europe. [1] It takes place on the Friday after Ascension Day, [2] also known as "Blood Friday" ("Blutfreitag"). In 1529 the Blutritt was first mentioned in writing ...
A large paso in Astorga, Spain, depicting the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem A paso ( Spanish for 'Episode of the Passion of Christ') is an elaborate float made for religious processions. They are carried by porters on staves, like a litter or sedan chair , and are usually followed or escorted by a band.