Easter is a very important celebration in Assisi.

The Holy Thursday is the day recalling the Last Supper of Jesus and his prayer on the Mount Gethsemane. The Seraphic Town is going to host the celebration of the Solemn Mass of Chrism, with the blessing of the Holy Oils that will be used to celebrate the sacraments during the year.

In the evening, after the first mass of the Easter triduum, believers are going to visit the several churches of Assisi to pray before the Blessed Sacrament.

Later, the ceremony of Christ’s Deposition is going to take place in memory of the ancient 14 ^th century Lauda of Scavigliazione.

If you stay in Assisi, on Good Friday’s morning you could participate in the procession during which the statue of the Dead Christ will be transferred from the Cathedral of St. Rufino to the Basilica of St. Francis, with intermediate stages in the cloistered convents.

On the Good Friday’s evening there will be a prayer during the historical and inspiring procession of the Dead Christ: a procession accompanied by torches that will see the participation of all confraternities of Assisi. The procession will start from the Cathedral of St. Rufino just with the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows.

After the stop in the St. Francis Basilica the statue of the Dead Christ will be also carried in the procession.

For further information:

http://www.visit-assisi.it/

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