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Antigua Guatemala prepares to live one of the most solemn moments of Lent: the procession of Jesus Nazareno of the fall, which, together with the velments, will mark the commemoration of the fifth Sunday of this liturgical time.
Jesús Nazareno de la Falle was enshrined in 1987 and travels every fifth Sunday of Lent in Antigu
Through the cobbled streets of the colonial city, the devotees will accompany one of the most anticipated processional courtships of Lent. Between multicolored carpets, funeral marches and the solemnity of Antigua Guatemala, Jesús Nazareno de la Falle The heart of the city will run again this fifth Sunday of Lent.
Announcing the proximity of the Easter weekthe activities of the next April 6 will offer a space for recollection, faith and cultural expression, framed in the unique scenarios that only a cultural heritage of humanity can provide.
Jesus of Esperanza and Jesus resurrected Jesus They will be added to this liturgical day, which will be adorned with the exit of the processional courtship of the temple of San Bartolomé Becerra, where Jesus Nazareno of the fall will be taken in Andas, accompanied by the image of the Blessed Virgin of Dolores.
More than a tradition, this procession represents for the Guatemalan people a cultural and spiritual legacy that is renewed every year between popular fervor, historical memory and richness of sacred art.
The official programming for this liturgical celebration is presented below.
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April 6 veins
During Lent and Holy Week, the Altars of Velation in Antigua Guatemala become expressions of sacred faith and art. Made with carpets of sawdust, corozo, flowers and fabrics, these spaces frame the images of the Nazarene and the Virgin of Dolores, and offer the faithful a place of contemplation and recollection.
Considered a form of visual catechesis, this religious tradition arrived in Guatemala in the first third of the twentieth century and, since the 1940s, adopted its own style in Antigua Guatemala, a city declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
JESUS DE LA Esperanza
- Place: Santa Lucia hermitage
- Start: 5.00 hours
- Finish: 12.00
Risen Jesus’ Velation
- Place: San Pedro Church (Social Works), 6th. Oriente Street No. 20, Antigua Guatemala
- Start: 8.00 hours
- Finish: 23.30
Consecrated image of Jesus Nazareno of the fall
Since the beginning of the seventeenth century, the brotherhood of the Veracruz of the Temple of San Francisco, in the ancient city of Santiago de Guatemala, carried out a solemn procession during the night of Holy Thursday, which returned at dawn the next day.
Reference points of the processional tour
- Temple exit: 3.00 hours
- Blessing in the hermitage of Santa Lucía: 7 hours
- Brother Pedro’s social works: 9.40 hours
- Temple of the School of Christ: 12. Hours
- Candelaria neighborhood: 14 hours
- San José Cathedral Temple: 16 hours
- Santa Catalina Arc: 17 hours
- San Sebastián Park: 7.30 pm
- Blessing in the cemetery of San Lázaro: 23 hours
- Entrance to the temple: 0.30 hours (Monday, April 7)