Holy Week: what masses and processions will take place in Lima?

Believers have already started celebrating Holy Week, the most important religious holiday in Catholic Church. The events began on the last Saturday, April 1, and their central days are Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th, holidays throughout the country. Find out in this article about the processions and masses that will take place these days in the historic center of Lima.

Juan José Dioses, Communications Director Archbishopric of Limareported Andean agency that the celebration of Holy Week will be held with an absolute norm in different churches of the country and without the sanitary restrictions that existed last year due to COVID-19.

Churches and parishes will open their doors with 100% capacity allowed for the approval of thousands of believers who annually visit the churches of our capital, Diosius pointed out.

“While we have no sanitary restrictions this year, it is always advised to proceed with caution to avoid the risk of infection. Despite immunization, we must remember that there are still people who die from COVID-19″, he expressed.

The use of a mask is optional to enter the various temples of Lima. However, it is suggested that children, the elderly and vulnerable use this biosecurity tool in crowded places such as processions or churches to reduce the chance of infection.

Believers can visit any of the 129 parishes of Lima’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction at the time set by each church.

Which neighborhoods in Lima have the most churches?

In that Cercado de Lima – the largest number of churches which the public will be able to visit during the celebration of Holy Week. Among them we have:

• Church of San Francisco (Jr. Ancash). – Cathedral of Lima (Plaza de Armas).
• Church of Las Nazarenas (pr. Tacna).
• Church of Santo Domingo (Junior Count of Superunda).
• Church of La Merced (junior Union).
• Church of San Pedro (junior Azangaro).
• Church of Santa Rosa (pr. Tacna).
• Church of La Recoleta (Avenue Garcilaso de la Vega).
• Church of San Agustin (younger Ica).
• Sanctuary of the Holy Trinity (younger Cusco).
• Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus-Los Huerfanos (junior Azangaro).
• The parish of Santa Ana (junior Huallaga), the oldest in the capital, was built in 1568.

After the center of Lima Rimac It is an area with a significant number of parishes such as the Church of San Lázaro (junior Trujillo), the parish of Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, the parish of San Lorenzo, the parish of San Francisco de Paula, the parish of San Francisco Solano and the parish Nuestra Senora del Rosario. temple, considered the smallest church in Peru and the world.

Dioses pointed out that in order to support people affected by mudflows and floods, all churches will become centers for collecting donations, so that they can then send them to those who need them most.

processions

Several days of processions are planned for 2023 in the Historic Center of Lima, starting from Saturday, April 1st to Sunday, April 9th.

The Bishop of the Sanctuary of Santa Catalina and Blessed Virgin Angustias left the monastery of Santa Catalina (junior Andahuaylas, Barrios Altos) at 9:00 and at about 19:00 arrived at the Cathedral of Lima, where they were staying. night until the next day.

After the consecration of the branches and the mass, both images will depart from Lima Cathedral at around 12:30 pm to the Convent of Santa Catalina.

Starting at 18:00, Señor de la Caña, Señor del Huerto, Jesús Nazareno captivo and Nuestra Señora del Mayor Dolor will take a short tour of the Plaza de Armas to the archiepiscopal balcony of the Cathedral of Lima.

Lord Huanca, Lord Collur Riti, Lord of Earthquakes and Virgin of Sorrows will leave San Sebastian Parish at 4:00 pm in the direction of Lima Cathedral.

The Virgen de los Dolores and Jesus Nazareno will depart at 17:00 from the Basilica of San Francisco to the balcony of the Archbishop of the Cathedral of Lima.

From the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, next to the Basilica of San Francisco, images of Christ of the Descent and Our Lady of Solitude will travel through the streets of central Lima until they reach the archiepiscopal balcony of St. Francis Cathedral. Lima.

At 6:30 am, the Archbishop’s Sanctuary of La Virgen del Carmen de Lima (Barrios Altos) will open its doors for the procession of the Resurrected Lord and Our Lady of Joy, which should arrive at Lima Cathedral at 11:00 am. I am for the Eucharistic service on Easter Sunday.