Holy Week has officially landed in Las Torres de Cotillas.
On the night of Saturday March 28 the Church of Our Lady of local Salceda hosted the official act of reading the Proclamation, which this year was given by Consuelo Sandoval Ferez and gave these religious festivities started.
Holy Week this year whose poster features starring the titular image of the Brotherhood Torrena of Our Lady of Mercy and as every year, you know like candy, a Nazarene, a processional, a wax, palm .. .
On Monday, March 30 (20 hours) the Parish of Our Lady of Salceda to receive anyone who wants to confess (this proposal will be repeated on Thursday 2 April at 19.30 pm in the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption The Pulpit Rock), while the three days (March 31 and 1 and 2 April) will be held the Triduum to Our Lady of Sorrows (at 19 hours Dolores Rosary and the Virgin and 19.30 hours the Eucharist).
Active Journeys
This Easter, which counts as Nazareno the Year with the Torreño José Manuel Ortiz Marín, will continue its activities on Thursday, April 2 (17 to 19 hours) to the levee to the Virgen de los Dolores.
The next day, Good Friday, at 19.30 hours there will be a Way of the Cross inside the Church of Our Lady of Salceda, which will host a Mass which will then advance to the procession of the Virgen de los Dolores (21.30 hours).
On Saturday, April 4, the day of the Brotherhood of Christ crucified, a Mass will be held at 19.30 hours, while the next day, Palm Sunday and the day of the Guild of St. John the Evangelist, the day will be very active.
Begin at 9 am with the celebration of the Eucharist and continue at 10 am with the transfer of the image of Jesus on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem from the parish of Our Lady of Salceda to the Ermita de la Cruz.
In about 11 hours, proceed to the blessing of the palms and olive branches in the school "Divine Master" for it to start a procession to the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of the pulpit, at the conclusion of which will be held new Eucharist.
A drum beat
Easter Monday, April 6, will the traditional "Tambora" (21:30 pm), as every year, hundreds of drummers will gather at the gates of St John headquarters for several trips through the streets of the town (with their appropriate stops to rest and recuperate with beer and snacks will be distributed free of charge).
Organised once again by the Confraternity of San Juan Evangelista in the town in collaboration with the City Torreño, "this will be the ninth edition of a rare musical evening in which fun and coexistence will be the keynotes.
For a day later, Holy Tuesday is scheduled Captive procession of Jesus and Our Lady of Hope Macarena (21:30 hours), which concluded the meeting will take place the images on the church door.
On April 8, Ash Wednesday, the Torreño live a more ceremonial appointments of Holy Week, with the Procession of Silence and Stations of the Cross (22 hours).
Also in the pulpit
With a mass Lord's Supper in the two parishes Torrena (of Our Lady of Salceda and Our Lady of the Assumption in the pulpits) will be held on Holy Thursday, April 9, also seen in both temples commemorating Holy Hour (22'30 hours.)
The very early start Friday with the procession to Calvary (8.30 hours), which will warm up the engines for the celebration of the Passion and Death of the Lord in the church from the pulpits (17:30 pm), an event that will also take place Half an hour later in the temple of La Salceda.
At night (21 hours) Torrena streets will witness the procession of the Burial of Christ.
Meeting multitudinous
The Easter Vigil will be starring in both parishes on April 11, Holy Saturday, at 22 am in La Salceda and 23 hours in the pulpits.
Come a day after Easter Sunday, which begins early in the morning with Mass in the Parish of Our Lady of Salceda (8.30 hours) and 9:30 hours to live the traditional, colorful, and massive act of meeting and Procession of the Resurrection.
A Mass to be held at 11 am in the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of the pulpit will finish acts by Easter 2009 in Las Torres de Cotillas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas