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  • 1Holy Week Processions —    Given that religion in Spain is as much a cultural manifestation as an expression of personal commit ment, it is not surprising that the processions held in the last three days of Holy Week often have a large element of spectacle, which… …

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  • 2Holy Week (Catholic Church) — Holy Week in the Catholic liturgical calendar is the week from Palm Sunday (also called Passion Sunday) through Holy Saturday. What occurs during Holy Week Each of the days of Holy Week has its own traditions of services in the West. Believers… …

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  • 3Holy Week — (Latin: Hebdomada Sancta or Maior Hebdomada , Greater Week ) in Christianity is the last week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) and Good Friday, and lasts from Palm Sunday (or in the …

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  • 4Holy Week procession — A Holy Week procession is an event taking place in Holy Week, most often in a country with traditional Roman Catholic culture.*Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. *Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus gave Last Supper, followed by… …

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  • 5Holy Week in Seville — ( Semana Santa en Sevilla ) is one of the most important traditional events of the city. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter, one to two weeks before the city s other great celebration, the Feria, and is amongst the largest… …

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  • 6Holy Week in Malta — Numerous religious traditions, most of them inherited from one generation to the next, are part of the Paschal celebrations in the Maltese Islands.40 days beforePreparations for these solemn festivities usually commence forty (40) days before… …

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  • 7Holy Week in Zamora — This religious celebration, declared in the early 1980s of international touristic interest is what the city of Zamora, Spain, is best known for. It is the only one in the region, together with Valladolid to be awarded the highest rank.Holy Week… …

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  • 8Processions — • Processions, an element in all ceremonial, are to be found, as we should expect, in almost every form of religious worship. . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Processions     Processions …

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  • 9Cult of the Holy Spirit — A symbol of the faith: the dove of the Holy Spirit, as seen on one of the standards carried in ritual processions The Cult of the Holy Spirit (Portuguese: Culto do Divino Espírito Santo) is a religious sub culture, inspired by Christian… …

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  • 10Procession of the Holy Ghost — Procession Pro*ces sion, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See {Proceed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster] That the… …

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