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The Cross of Cong, Irish, 12th century A processional cross carried during the entrance procession of a Catholic Mass Russian Orthodox Crucession with lantern, processional cross and banners. A processional cross is a crucifix or cross which is carried in Christian processions. [1]
Procession of Our Lord of the Miracle in Salta city. A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries , especially those with a Catholic culture .
A crucifer carrying a cross. A crucifer or cross-bearer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Anglican Communion, and Methodist Churches), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service. [1]
The standard structure of a procession is: A great cross (the so-called Cruz de Guía – Guiding Cross) is carried at the beginning of each procession. A number of people (sometimes barefoot) dressed in a habit and with the distinctive pointed hood , and holding long wax candles (only lit by night), marching in silence.
Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate, 115-foot-long (35-meter-long) carpet ...
Station 5: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross, Good Friday procession 2011 at Ulm, Germany In the Roman Catholic Church, the devotion may be conducted personally by the faithful, making their way from one station to another and saying the prayers, or by having an officiating celebrant move from cross to cross while the faithful make ...
The procession started before dawn at around 4 a.m. and lasted 15 hours, church officials said. ... The Philippines is Asia’s largest Catholic-majority country. About 80% of its 110 million ...
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.