Holy Week

The brotherhoods of "Dena" and "Virgen de los Dolores" are in charge of organizing the events of the Holy Week.

On Palm Sunday, the blessing and procession take place with the children from the Catechism classes who walk the streets to the church, where mass is celebrated.

On Maundy Thursday the traditional procession is celebrated and on Good Friday the Stations of the Cross and the procession of the "Santo Entierro" take place. These processions of the Altura's Holy Week, in which the members of the brotherhood process alongside the characteristic images of these celebrations, are accompanied by the traditional lamps carried by the parishioner children, as well as the group of the "motets" in charge of making the procession solemn and sung with biblical texts that make up each score.

On Easter Sunday, the Resurrection Mass and the "Procesión del Encuentro" are celebrated in the streets of the old quarter.

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Schedule

10th April Palm Sunday
11 a.m. In Plaza de la Cueva Santa, Palm Sunday blessing and procession with the "donkey" accompanied by the children to the church.
11.30 h Solemn mass

12th April Holy Tuesday
9.30 p.m. Penitential celebration

14th April Maundy Thursday
5.30 p.m. Maundy Thursday services
9.00 p.m Maundy Thursday Procession
11.30 p.m. Prayer vigil

15th April Good Friday
10 a.m. Stations of the Cross (starting at the church)
5.30 p.m. Good Friday services
9 p.m. Procession of the "Santo Entierro" and Shroud Liturgy

16 April Holy Saturday
11 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass

17 April Easter Sunday
11 a.m. Solemn Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord. Afterwards, "Procesión del Encuentro".