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Palm Sunday procession of Trique people in Santo Domingo, Oaxaca. Holy Week in Mexico is an important religious observance as well as important vacation period. It is preceded by several observances such as Lent and Carnival, as well as an observance of a day dedicated to the Virgin of the Sorrows, as well as a Mass marking the abandonment of Jesus by the disciples.
March 29 - April 5. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week in Málaga (in Spanish Semana Santa en Málaga), is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus in Málaga, Spain. It takes place during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter. It is one of the city's main cultural and religious events.
Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: hermandad) and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the Holy Week –the last week of Lent, immediately before Easter –.
April 13 – April 20. 2026 date. March 29 – April 5. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week in Seville (Spanish: Semana Santa de Sevilla) is one of two biggest annual festivals in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the other being the Feria de Abril (April Fair), which follows two weeks later. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among ...
The Holy Week in Valladolid is known to depict the Passion with great fidelity, rigor and detail. [3] In addition to the artistic and catechetical (instructional) value of its religious imagery, the Week is characterized by devotion, sobriety, silence [4] and respect for the brotherhoods and the public, and by unique acts such as the "General ...
In Eastern Christianity, which also calls it Great Week, it is the week following Great Lent and Lazarus Saturday, starting on the evening of Palm Sunday and concluding on the evening of Great Saturday. [3] In Western Christianity, [A] Holy Week is the sixth and last week of Lent, beginning with Palm Sunday and concluding on Holy Saturday. [1 ...
This year, Palm Sunday falls on April 2, 2023. Easter Sunday always changes every year due to it being based on the Lunar calendar, and Palm Sunday follows the same pattern since it's always the ...
The Holy Week in Popayán, Cauca (Colombia), is the celebration of the Passion and death of Jesus Christ through daily processions continuously performed since the sixteenth century between Friday of Sorrows nights and Holy Saturday. The processions take place in the ancient streets of the "White City". Religious images of Spanish, Andalusian ...