Easter in San Fratello - The feast of the Jews
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Traditions
On the occasion of the Holy Week in San Fratello some ancient and traditional rites take place, known as the Festa dei Giudei, which make the Easter celebrations in San Fratello one of the most folklore of Sicily.
The feast of the Jews is a representation that recalls when the Jews beat and led Christ to Calvary. It is characterized by groups of people running around the village playing trumpets and wearing a characteristic costume: red and yellow jacket and trousers rich in beaded embroidery, helmet decorated with a plume or a fur or horse tail, military shoulder pads, gloves and leather shoes. The face is covered by a red hood characterized by a long leather tongue with a cross embroidered on the tip, in reference to the mockery that the soldiers used to make at the figure of the crucifix.
The Jews accompany the liturgical celebrations on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Friday of Holy Week making transgressive gestures, breaking into the sad processions with the blasts of their trumpets, which mock the sacred and austere character of the Passion.
Dates and Scheduling
16 Apr 2025
08:30 Holy Mass.
Chiesa del Convento
18:00 Holy Mass and Procession with the Mystery of Piety.
Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate
17 Apr 2025
17:00 Sacred Representation of the COENA DOMINI.
Chiesa del Convento
18:30 Holy Mass in Coena Domini.
Chiesa del Convento
19:00 Holy Mass in Coena Domini.
Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate
23:00 Community Eucharistic Adoration in Parish Churches.
18 Apr 2025
09:00 Via Crucis col SS. Crocifisso.
Piazza Convento
17:00 Celebration of the Passion of the Lord and Procession in the Church of the Convent and Church of St. Anthony.
19 Apr 2025
09:30 - 12:30 CONFESSIONS.
Chiesa del Convento
16:00 - 20:00 CONFESSIONS.
22:30 SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL
20 Apr 2025
10:00 Holy Mass and Procession with the Risen Christ.
Chiesa del Convento
10:00 Holy Mass and Procession with the Virgin.
Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate
12:00 "Incontro" of the Risen One with the Mother.
Piazza Monumento
18:30 Holy Mass.
Chiesa del Convento
19:00 Holy Mass.
Chiesa di S. Antonio Abate
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