Easter in Alcara Li Fusi
In the small village of Alcara Li Fusi the rites of the Holy Week are deeply felt.
In the first three days the devotees go to the Mother Church to recite the Holy Rosary in front of a small effigy of Christ taken down from the Cross.
Il Holy Thursday mass is celebrated in "Coena Domini": twelve statues of paper mache representing Christ together with his apostles are arranged in the act of dining.
At dawn on Good Friday a heavy cross with the signs of the passion, the hammer, the nails, the crown of thorns and the sponge soaked in vinegar, is carried in procession preceded by a man who intones with his drum a funeral "passage" as a sign of mourning. At noon, “U lignu a vera cruci” is celebrated, a particular and touching celebration in which the priest exposes to the faithful a silver cross which, according to tradition, contains a fragment of the true Cross of Jesus Christ inside. In the afternoon the procession of the "Mysteries" comes to life, that is, of different statues representing the moments of Christ's passion.
Easter morning the representation of the reunion between the Virgin and the Risen Christ takes place: the various brotherhoods bring in shoulder the simulacrum of the Virgin of Sorrows in search of the dead son, near the Calvario quarter the encounter with the simulacrum of the risen Christ takes place. The Virgin is then stripped of her black mantle and dressed in white as a sign of celebration and joy.
Dates and Scheduling
14 Apr 2025
17:30 Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and penitential visit to Calvary.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
15 Apr 2025
17:30 Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and penitential visit to Calvary.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
16 Apr 2025
17:30 Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and penitential visit to Calvary.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
21:00 CHRISTUS - (U Passiu)
Sacred Representation of the Passion of Christ through the streets of the town.
17 Apr 2025
15:30 Exposition of the Apostles.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
16:30 Holy Mass in "Coena Domini" and Solemn Reposition of the Eucharist in the Chapel of the Crucifix.
Chiesa di San Pantaleone
18:30 Holy Mass in "Coena Domini" and Solemn Reposition of the Eucharist in the Chapel of the Crucifix.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
22:00 Community Eucharistic Adoration.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
18 Apr 2025
05:00 Traditional tour with the "Troccole" through the streets of the town and Penitential Procession of the Cross.
10:30 Liturgical function of Good Friday in the Mother Church with the adoration of the wood of the Cross.
Procession with the ancient Confraternities and translation of the Crucifix to the Church of San Pantaleone.
16:00 Reading of the Passion and Eucharistic Communion.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
18:30 Proclamation of the Passion, Eucharistic Communion and traditional Procession of the Mysteries.
Chiesa di San Pantaleone
19 Apr 2025
23:30 Solemn Easter Vigil and Midnight Mass.
20 Apr 2025
07:30 Holy Mass.
Followed by “A CERCA” and Meeting of the Sorrowful Mother with the Risen Jesus at Calvary.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
11:00 Holy Mass.
Chiesa di San Pantaleone
18:30 Holy Mass.
Followed by Luminaria in honor of San Nicolò Politi.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
21 Apr 2025
07:30 Opening of the Chapel of San Nicolò Politi.
Chiesa Madre Maria SS. Assunta
08:00 Celebration of the Holy Mass.
In conclusion, the Simulacrum of the Patron Saint will be repositioned in the Chapel.
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