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Holy Week (Filipino: Mahal na Araw; Spanish: Semana Santa) is a significant religious observance in the Philippines for the Catholic majority, the Iglesia Filipina Independiente or the Philippine Independent Church, and most Protestant groups.
Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: confradías) and confraternities that perform penitential processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during Holy Week–the final week of Lent before Easter.
The core events in Semana Santa are the processions of the brotherhoods, known as estación de penitencia (stations of penance), from their home church or chapel to the cathedral of Seville and back. The last section before arriving to the cathedral is common to all brotherhoods and is known as the Carrera Oficial .
Semana ' s foreign periodicals include SoHo Ecuador, which began publication in 2002; SoHo Costa Rica, which was started in 2006; and Fucsia Ecuador, which has been published since 2004. The website Semana.com offers all the contents of the magazine Semana and also provides exclusive coverage of political and social developments. It is the ...
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.
Semana Santa: Holy Week: 30 days after Easter (movable) Día de la ascención: Feast of the Ascension: March 19 Día de San José: Saint Joseph's Day: April 19 Diecinueve de abril: Anniversary of the Beginning of the Independence movement/19 April May 1 Día del Trabajador: Labor Day: Second Sunday of May (movable) Día de las Madres: Mother's Day
Illana Gutiérrez, Laura y Fernández Ferrero, Alberto (2011). "Semana Santa en Zamora". Zamora, Illana Fernández C. B. OCLC 776421154; Mateos Rodríguez, Miguel A. (1995). ZAMORA en Mateos Rodríguez, Miguel A. (Ed.) "Semana Santa en Castilla y León". Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo y Edilesa. ISBN 84-8012-102-5
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.