Easter in Calascibetta
Traditions
Holy Week in Calascibetta, known as Holy Xibetana Week, is a religious solemnity deeply felt and participated in by the entire community.
On Palm Sunday the procession of u Signuruzzu da rama aliva takes place, during which a child on the back of a donkey, who plays the figure of Jesus Christ, is followed by the faithful holding palms and olive branches. In the afternoon the Via Crucis takes place with u Signuruzzu da rama aliva and the Cyrenean.
On Holy Thursday the Holy Mass is celebrated in Coena Domini in which the Twelve Apostles take part.
On Good Friday the traditional procession of Our Lady of Sorrows and of the Urn with the dead Christ takes place.
On Easter Sunday the traditional meeting of the simulacra of the Risen Christ and the Madonna takes place.
Dates and Scheduling
15 Apr 2025
18:30 Holy Mass followed by meditation.
20:00 “Musical Reflections” a time of grace to listen to.
Musical cultural association Mons. Giacomo Magno.
16 Apr 2025
18:30 Holy Mass followed by meditation.
17 Apr 2025
17:00 Holy Mass in “Coena Domini”.
Chiesa di San Giuseppe in Cacchiamo
18:00 Holy Mass in “Coena Domini”.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
19:00 Holy Mass in “Coena Domini”.
Chiesa Maria SS. del Monte Carmelo
19:00 Holy Mass in “Coena Domini”.
Chiesa Madre Santa Maria Maggiore
21:00 Eucharistic Adoration in all churches.
18 Apr 2025
11:00 The path to the Three Crosses for the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
15:00 Prayer to Divine Mercy and deposition of the statue of the Dead Christ in the Tomb.
17:00 Azione liturgica.
Chiesa di S. Giuseppe in Cacchiamo
18:00 Azione liturgica.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
19:00 Azione liturgica.
Chiesa Maria SS. del Monte Carmelo
20:00 Procession of the brothers with the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows (Church of St. Joseph) and procession with the float of the Dead Christ from the Church of Itria.
19 Apr 2025
22:30 SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL in Chiesa Matrice e in Chiesa San Giuseppe in Cacchiamo.
20 Apr 2025
10:30 Easter Mass at San Giuseppe in Cacchiamo.
11:00 “U 'ncuntru” of the Risen One with the Mother.
Piazza Umberto I
12:00 Holy Easter Mass.
Chiesa Madre Santa Maria Maggiore
17:00 Holy Mass.
Chiesa Madre Santa Maria Maggiore
18:30 Holy Mass.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
19:30 Holy Mass.
Chiesa del Carmelo
27 Apr 2025
Divine Mercy Sunday
18:00 Holy Mass.
Chiesa Madre Santa Maria Maggiore
To follow:
“La Spartenza”
The procession will conclude in the church of Sant'Antonio with the Eucharistic celebration.
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References
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