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Iglesia de La Merced, Iglesia de Santa Ana, Iglesia Escuela de Cristo, Iglesia de San Felipe de Jesús: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Palm Sunday Jesús Nazareno de la Reseña: La Merced: 11:00 am – 11:00 pm Holy Monday Jesús Nazareno: Santa Inés del Monte Pulciano: N/A Holy Tuesday Jesús Nazareno del Silencio: El Calvario: 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm ...
5 February – President Bernardo Arévalo announces an agreement allowing for Guatemala to host migrants deported from the United States. [1] 10 February – 2025 Guatemala City bus crash. A bus falls off of a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others. [2]
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 del Ejército: August 15 Assumption Day: Día de la Asunción: Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) September 15 Independence Day: Día de ...
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.
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.
Santa Cruz La Laguna is a traditional Maya village located on the steep mountainside of the lake, roughly 325 vertical feet (99 m) above the lake's surface (population: approximately 3,100). The village has the unique characteristic of being accessible only by boat or footpath. A single, winding road connects the dock to the village.
The Holy Cross Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de la Santa Cruz del Quiché) also called Santa Cruz del Quiché Cathedral is a religious building that is located in the town of Santa Cruz del Quiché, [2] in the Department of Quiché in the west of the Central American country of Guatemala.
The Días Patrios, or Patriotic Days, are national holidays celebrated in Guatemala commemorating its declaration of independence on 15 September 1821 with the former United Provinces of Central America (later reorganized / renamed the Federal Republic of Central America, (up to 1847, then seceding with a second declaration of independence, becoming the current Republic of Guatemala), from the ...