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Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his Passion. Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations. Holy Saturday: Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb.
The bishop of Cuyo, Argentina, monsignor Marcelino del Carmen Benavente, promised to erect a statue of Christ the Redeemer to remind the parties of Christ's message of peace. The seven-meter-high bronze statue was subsequently made by Buenos Aires sculptor Mateo Alonso and shown for a while in the Lacordaire School of the Dominican Order patio ...
Holy Week concludes with Christ's death and descent into hell on Holy Saturday. [1] [2] [3] For all Christian traditions, it is a moveable observance. In Eastern Christianity, which also calls it Great Week, it is the week following Great Lent and Lazarus Saturday, starting on the evening of Palm Sunday and concluding on the evening of Great ...
Map of La Laguna drawn up by the engineer Leonardo Torriani in 1588. It shows the grid plan of the city, which is still preserved. The first example of an overseas city-territory and an institutional city, San Cristóbal de La Laguna was designed as a "city of peace", the only Renaissance city without walls.
In the Orthodox understanding, the events of Holy Week are not simply an annual commemoration of past events, but the faithful actually participate in the death and the resurrection of Jesus. [42] Great and Holy Friday is observed as an absolute fast, and adult Byzantine Christians are expected to abstain from all food and drink the entire day ...
Click through to see depictions of Jesus throughout history: The discovery came after researchers evaluated drawings found in various archaeological sites in Israel.
San La Muerte (Saint Death) is a skeletal folk saint that is venerated in Paraguay, Argentina (mainly in the province of Corrientes but also in Misiones, Chaco and Formosa) and southern Brazil (specifically in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul).
"Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Case" looks at the murder of a 17-year-old girl in 1990, which sparked national outrage in Argentina.