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On
Good Friday at 5
p.m. the Society
of the Passion
of Christ leaves
its church and,
joined in via
Roma by all the
other
Confraternities,
makes its way to
the Chiesa
dell'Addolorata.
From
here Our Lady of
the Seven
Sorrows is
carried in
procession to
the Cathedral
where the Urn of
the Dead Christ
awaits. The
solemn
procession which
begins at 7 p.m.
is led by
thousands of
hooded brethren
wearing capes of
different
colours.
At
the rear of the
procession,
beneath a
canopy, is a
cross containing
a reliquary of
the crown of
thorns followed
by the Urn of
the Dead Christ
and the statue
of Our Lady Of
Sorrows which
are slowly
carried on the
bearers'
shoulders
as far as
the cemetery.
The torchlit
procession then
passes once
again througt
the town on its
return to the
Cathedral.
On
Easter Sunday
the Risen Christ
and Our Lady are
reunited in the
Cathedral
square; on Low
Sunday the two
simulacra are
returned to
their respective
churches. |
