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  Mayan Holy Week Processions : TravelYucatan.com
A procession generally consists of a traditional Mayan flutist leading the processions, then the flag and banner carriers, the incense burners, then the float [anda] and finally the marching band [banda de música].
Interestingly large processions in towns with a large hermandades [brotherhood] will be made up of 100% of the hermandades while processions in places more traditionally Mayan with a smaller hermandades will actually enlist persons from the crowd to help carry an anda, even gringos.
Saturday's procession is the Virgin Mary's procession, which hosts a mirage of fl dressed women and men in their fl robes.
www.travelyucatan.com /maya/mayan_holy_week_processions.php   (1853 words)

  
 Holy Week
Holy week observances spread to Spain by the fifth century, to Gaul and England by the early seventh century.
The purpose of Holy Week is to reenact, relive, and participate in the passion of Jesus Christ.
Holy Week is the same in the eastern and western Church, but because eastern Christians use the Julian Calendar to calculate Easter, the celebrations occur at different times.
www.kencollins.com /holy-05.htm   (1411 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Week
Holy Week is the week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it.
This is borne in solemn procession to an "altar of repose" adorned with flowers and lighted with a profusion of candles, the hymn "Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium" being sung upon the way.
The service of Holy Saturday has lost much of the significance and importance which it enjoyed in the early Christian centuries owing to the irresistible tendency manifested throughout the ages to advance the hour of its celebration.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07435a.htm   (2786 words)

  
 USCCB - (Liturgy) - Holy Week
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, or "Passion Sunday", which unites the royal splendour of Christ with the proclamation of his Passion"(142).
These correspond, after the fashion of popular piety, to the small procession of friends and disciples who, having taken the body of Jesus down from the Cross, carried it to the place where there "was a tomb hewn in the rock in which no one had yet been buried" (Lk 23, 53).
The procession of the "dead Christ" is usually conducted in austere silence, prayer, and the participation of many of the faithful, who intuit much of the significance of the Lord's burial.
www.usccb.org /liturgy/holyweek.shtml   (1356 words)

  
 Holy Week in the Orthodox Church
The Kouvouklion is carried in procession in a funeral cortège around the Church - it is common for the procession to proceed outside the building and around the area.
Singing the Hymn "Christ is Risen," all process outside the Church, the doors are closed and the Resurrection Gospel is proclaimed.
In conclusion, Holy Week in the Orthodox Church is more than attending a series of services, it is a week long experiencing of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Styx/9830/holy_week.html   (1379 words)

  
 Semana Santa - Holy Week in Arcos de la Frontera | CasaCampana.com
Holy Week in Arcos de la Frontera has been declared an event of national touristic interest in Spain, ranking it as one of the most important celebrations of its type in the whole of the country.
Holy Week in Arcos de la Frontera bases its reputation not just on the spectacular and original figures which are carried around the town.
If you are lucky enough to see one of the processions, you'll wonder at the skill shown by the carriers who gather beneath the heavy displays (kept in the churches during the rest of the year), working in unison as they inch forward on their tortuous and winding route.
www.casacampana.com /holyweek.htm   (345 words)

  
 Holy Week procession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Holy Week procession is an event taking place in Holy Week, most often in a country with traditional Roman Catholic culture.
Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus gave Last Supper, followed by the beginning of his passion.
Holy Saturday: Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holy_Week_procession   (141 words)

  
 Susan V. Webster
One of the primary functions of the procession was expiatory, and thus all members wore identical tunics and distinctive pointed hoods with eye holes cut in them, which divested them of their social and worldly status and rendered them equal and anonymous in their public penance.
The processions move toward the back wall of the niche, where there may once have been a scene of the descent from the cross represented, however now it is so damaged and overpainted as to be illegible.
Inside the church, the procession was then formally organized in the manner that we see on the south wall mural and, mirroring the directional movement of the penitents in the mural, it proceeded out the main door of the church and into the atrio.
www.interamericaninstitute.org /susan_v__webster.htm   (4812 words)

  
 Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Holy Unction is the Mysterion for cleansing sins and renewing the body and the spirit of the faithful.
Holy Unction is one of the seven Sacraments of the Church, and it has its origin in the practice of the early Church as recorded in the Epistle of James (5:14-15).
The institution of the Holy Eucharist and its re-enactment through the centuries, both as a sacrifice and sacred ceremony (Mysterion), is the life giving remembrance which, along with the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ, constitutes the basis of salvation for the Christian.
www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article8432.asp   (5323 words)

  
 DoveSong.com -- The Music of Holy Week
Holy Week is a reenactment, an expression and connection with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Normally these offices are sung in the wee hours of the morning in the secluded confines of the convents, but during Holy Week, these offices with their associated sublime singing were moved to an earlier time (to the late afternoon of the day before) and the public invited to participate.
Week ends with Holy Saturday, then Easter Sunday rings in the new in the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
www.dovesong.com /Positive_music/archives/renaissance/Holy_Week.asp   (1560 words)

  
 Holy Week - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For the Orthodox Christian, Holy Week is the week from the conclusion of Great Lent on the Saturday of Lazarus to the celebration of Pascha.
Holy Thursday begins with the celebration of vespers and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil with a Reserved Holy Communion in representation of the earthly presence of Christ realized at the Last Supper.
Great and Holy Saturday Vespers and a Divine Liturgy of St. Basil are served, marked with readings of Psalms and Resurrection hymns that tell of Christ's descent into Hades, celebrated as the "First Resurrection" of Adam and the conquering of Death.
orthodoxwiki.org /Holy_Week   (778 words)

  
 Global Nation | INQ7.net
WITH THE THREAT of terrorism looming in the background, I was told that our parish cancelled the traditional Holy Week procession and Easter Sunday "salubong." We have been warned that the Abu Sayyaf plans to bomb churches this week in retaliation for the killing of their cohorts who tried to escape from prison.
Holy Week is not the time for vengeance, but some hotheads suggest that if churches are bombed this week, maybe the same thing should be done to mosques during Ramadan.
Holy Week has indeed changed from what I knew as a child in the days before cable TV and malls.
www.inq7.net /globalnation/col_lob/2005/mar28.htm   (898 words)

  
 Adelante
From Tenochtitlán to Machu Pichu, from the Orinoco to the Río de la Plata, Holy Week continues to be one of the most important celebrations of each country, bringing together each year thousands of believers from the far reaches of their nations to remember the passion, death and resurrection of Christ.
The processions also stand out, lasting between six and 17 hours, the longest of which are headed toward the Temple of San José and the Temple of Candelaria.
Holy Week is a time of reflection for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, although lately the focus has been distorted and it has become synonymous with vacation for some people.
www.adelantesi.com /Archive/Old/mar02-holyweek.htm   (708 words)

  
 Ideas for Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn time in the Church's calendar.
The week begins with the Liturgy of Palms and the reading of the Passion -- both of which set the tone for the week.
Secondly, I encourage the use of the Stations of the Cross during Lent and Holy Week.
www.members.aol.com /LiturgybyTLW1/Seasonal/Lent/HolyWeek.html   (1797 words)

  
 Holy Week: All About Holy Week
Holy Week is the last week of Lent before Easter, beginning on Palm Sunday and ending on Holy Saturday.
In an older nomenclature, Holy Week is the second Sunday of Passiontide (Passiontide begins on the fifth Sunday of Lent).
Holy Week commemorates these important events, and is therefore a very busy time in the life of the Church.
www.churchyear.net /holyweek.html   (1310 words)

  
 HOLY WEEK - EASTER: Christ Is Risen!
Holy Week is the final week of Lent.
Holy Week recalls the events leading to Jesus's death and Resurrection.
There are many symbols used during the Easter week that remind Christians of the original Easter events and their meaning.
www.entourages.com /barbs/holyweek.htm   (1398 words)

  
 HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Consider taking the opportunity this week of writing down on a piece of paper those things that are too heavy to carry - sins, worries, wounds, and so on.
This service begins in the church basement with a blessing of the palms, and then a procession of the whole congregation (including children, of course!) out the back and up to the church.
Pilgrims in the Holy Land still retrace Jesus' steps; the carvings on the walls of the church during Lent represent this pilgrimage, and there are prayers said at each station as the path that Jesus trod is remembered.
www.resurrection.org /holy_week_services.htm   (1260 words)

  
 Holy Week - History
As we now practice it, Holy Week is the last week of the 40 day season of Lent and the week preceding Easter.
Though calling this week "Holy Week" is more of a recent innovation, the annual observance of the festivals within it are of ancient origin.
Originally, however, Passion Sunday was held two weeks before Easter (since the ninth century) and it began the two week period known as "Passiontide" in which special stress was placed on Christ's suffering and crucifixion.
www.stlukes-oviedo.org /geninfo_cy_holyweek.html   (1071 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . WEB EXCLUSIVE . EXCLUSIVETITLE . April 7, 2006 | PBS
So the ceremonies of Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday, are there to be used, and this is a physical matter, a use of the body, so that all of ourselves will know.
A procession can be seen as a sacrament, "an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace." In the same way that we read through the letter of the Scriptures to the inner truth, so we understand more by walking than we know; it is the work and gift of God.
Meditation upon the processions of Holy Week is rightly undertaken at its commencement.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week932/exclusive.html   (622 words)

  
 Holy Week - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holy Week is the Christian week from Palm Sunday (also called Passion Sunday) through Holy Saturday.
Good Friday in the Philippines is commemorated with street processions, the Way of the Cross, the commemoraton of Jesus' Seven last words (Siete Palabras) and a Passion play called the Sinakulo.
Easter morning is marked with joyous celebration, the first being the dawn Salubong, wherein large statues of Jesus and Mary are brought in procession together to meet, imagining the first reunion of Jesus and his mother Mary after Jesus' Resurrection.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holy_Week   (1722 words)

  
 Easter - Holy Week in Granada, Spain
Each procession will go to the Plaza del Carmen (where the Town Hall is) and the Cathedral, so if you are anywhere in the centre you are sure to run into several processions.
If you come to Granada in the weeks leading up to Semana Santa you might possibly run into one of the practice sessions and might wonder what a group of men are doing trying to carry a wooden structure on their heads with bags of sand, etc.
It is hard to choose between the different processions, but perhaps my favourite two are the "Silent Procession" on Thursday (when the street lights along the route are turned off and the procession takes place in absolute silence) and the "Gypsy Procession" on Wednesday (which goes through the Albaicín/Sacromonte quarter).
www.granadainfo.com /semanasanta   (402 words)

  
 08.04.04: Holy week in pictures | Gallery | Guardian Unlimited
Holy Week is the last week of Lent, and the week before Easter Sunday.
Penitents walk during the procession of the La Estrella (star) brotherhood in Seville.
Pope John Paul II arrives on the altar of St Peter's basilica at the Vatican to preside over a mass, the first of a series of ceremonies marking the Holy Week.
www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,1188377,00.html   (248 words)

  
 Holy Week Customs and Traditions
Holy Week, for members of the Christian faith, is the last week of the season of Lent before the celebrations of Easter Sunday, running from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday.
Holy Monday is marked by the Pasaba, a marathon chant of Jesus' life, passion, and death, which often lasts for days at a time.
On Holy Thursday, the last Mass before Easter Sunday typically includes a reenactment of the Washing of the Feet of the Apostles, as well as a procession of the Blessed Sacrament before it is taken to the Altar of Repose.
www.faithclipart.com /guide/Christian-Holidays/holy_week.html   (446 words)

  
 Holy Week
Holy Week is the final week of Lent and commemorates the events of our Lord's last week before His death.
Holy Week, together with Easter, is the most sacred part of the Christian calendar -- the celebration of the death and resurrection Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
During the procession, the congregation or choir sings a hymn in praise of Christ's saving work on the cross.
www.stpaulskingsville.org /holyweek.htm   (2256 words)

  
 Holy Week
Liturgies would be held on these sites and this was the beginning of the liturgical observation of Holy Week.
At St. Andrew’s we strive to celebrate this week of weeks with a solemnity and reverence that it behooves all Christians to observe.
We will then process into the church to the ancient hymn that has accompanied this procession for centuries, “All Glory, laud, and honor”.
webpages.charter.net /rschult/andrews/holyweek.htm   (916 words)

  
 HTC: Holy Week and Pascha
The week before Pascha in the Orthodox Church, called Great and Holy Week, is set apart in the ecclesiastical year, so that we might stop and change our pace, meditate upon and relive the last week in our Lord's life which opened the doors of paradise.
On Holy Thursday evening, we relive the events from the upper room to the crucifixion and the burial.
Holy Saturday evening gives witness of the faithful gathering in church to participate in the feast of feasts, Pascha, the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
www.holy-trinity.org /feasts/holyweek.html   (1275 words)

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