holy week 2024
FURTHER INFORMATION
MARCH 23RD - PASSION SATURDAY
The Call to People
Time: 07:30 p.m. approximately (at the end of the Eucharistic celebration).
Route: Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Belén – Plaza Constitución – Calle Mayor – Calle Llavador – La Morquera – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – Plaza Constitución – Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Belén.
Processional floats: The Call
MARCH 24TH - PALM SUNDAY
Triumphant Christ
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Route: Holy Trinity Parish to Our Lady of Bethlehem Parish.
 Processional floats: Triumphant Christ
MARCH 26TH - HOLY TUESDAY
Penance Procession
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Route: Parroquia Nuestra Señora de BelĂ©n – Plaza ConstituciĂłn – Calle PurĂsima – Calle AsunciĂłn LledĂł MartĂnez – Calle JosĂ© Manuel Magro – Plaza Dr. Mas Candela – Calle San Francisco – Calle Peine – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – Plaza ConstituciĂłn.
Processional floats: Departed and Souls’ Christ
MARCH 27TH - HOLY WEDNESDAY
Floats Entry
Time: 07:00 p.m.
Route: They depart from all the streets of Crevillent to the Parish of Our Lady of Bethlehem.
Processional floats: The 16 which will participate in the subsequent Procession of the Passion that night.
Procession of the Passion of the Christ
Time: 10:00 p.m.
Route: Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Belén – Plaza de la Constitución – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – La Morquera – Calle Llavador – Calle Mayor – Plaza de la Constitución.
Processional floats: The Call – The Samaritan Woman – The Lavatory – The Holy Supper – The Garden Prayer – The Arrest – The Denial of Saint Peter – Repentant Saint Peter – The Flagellation – Behold the Man – Ransomed Jesus Christ – Jesus Christ of Nazareth – Holy Christ of the Fall – Saint Woman Veronica – Saint John the Evangelist – Our Lady of Sorrows.
Procession of the Move
Time: At the end of the Procession of the Passion.
Route: Plaza ConstituciĂłn – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – La Morquera – Calle San Sebastián – Plaza Chapà – Calle SantĂsima Trinidad – Plaza Maciá Abela.
Processional floats: Holy Christ of the Victory and The Three Marys and Saint John.
MARCH 28TH - HOLY THURSDAY
Penitential Stations of the Cross
Time: 09:00 p.m.
Route: Ermita de La PurĂsima – Calle Mayor – Calle Llavador – Puente Jorge Juan – Calle Ribera – Plaza Maciá Abela – Calle Camposanto – Calle San Sebastián – Paseo del Calvario.
 Processional floats: Holy Forgiveness’ Christ and of the Good Death.
MARCH 29TH - GOOD FRIDAY
Bugle Calls
During the early morning the bugle calls will be heard in every corner of the city, with the last one at 06:00 a.m. in the “Plaza de la Constitución”.
Procession to the Calvary
Time: 06:00 a.m.
Route: Plaza de la Constitución – Calle Mayor – Calle Llavador – La Morquera – Calle San Sebastián – Calle San Sebastián – Paseo del Calvario.
Processional floats: The Call – The Samaritan Woman – The Lavatory – The Holy Supper – The Garden Prayer – The Arrest – The Denial of Saint Peter – Repentant Saint Peter – The Flagellation – Behold the Man – Ransomed Jesus Christ – Jesus Christ of Nazareth – Holy Christ of the Fall – Saint Woman Veronica – Saint John the Evangelist – Our Lady of Sorrows.
“Abrazo in La Morquera"
During the Procession to the Calvary there is a pause around 07:00 a.m. in the place called “La Morquera”, where the ceremony of “El Abrazo” between Our Lady of Sorrows and Jesus Christ of Nazareth takes place.
The encounter that is repeated in the Calvary, after finishing the Procession to the Calvary and in the Constitution Square, at the end of the Procession of the descent of Calvary.
Procession of the Descent of the Calvary
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Route: Paseo del Calvario – Calle San Sebastián – La Morquera – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – Plaza Constitución.
Processional floats: The Call – The Samaritan Woman – The Lavatory – The Holy Supper – The Garden Prayer – The Arrest – The Denial of Saint Peter – Repentant Saint Peter – The Flagellation – Behold the Man – Ransomed Jesus Christ – Jesus Christ of Nazareth – Holy Christ of the Fall – Saint Woman Veronica – Saint John the Evangelist – Our Lady of Sorrows.
At the end of the procession, the third and last encounter between mother and son takes place.
Christ’s Death Procession
Time: 09:00 p.m.
Route: Plaza Maciá Abela – Calle SantĂsima Trinidad – Calle San Sebastián – La Morquera – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – Plaza ConstituciĂłn.
Processional floats: Holy Christ of the Victory – The Three Marys and Saint John – Holy Christ of the Descent – Our Lady of the Mercy – Transfer to the Holy Sepulchre – Holy Reclining Christ – Saint John of the Third Word on the Cross – Our Lady Queen of Martyrs.
Choirs that participate: Coro Rabinos, OrfeĂłn Crevillentino, EscolanĂa de la FederaciĂłn Coral, Coro Virgen de la Piedad-Amistad, Coro Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Coro Voces Graves Crevillent.
MARCH 30TH - HOLY SATURDAY
Procession of the Holy Burial of Christ
Time: 08:30 p.m.
Route: Plaza Maciá Abela – Calle SantĂsima Trinidad – Calle San Sebastián – La Morquera – Calle Blasco Ibáñez – Plaza ConstituciĂłn.
Processional floats: The Call – Holy Christ of the Forgiveness and the Good Death – Our Lady of the Anguish – The Holy Sepulchre – Saint John the Evangelist – Our Lady of Loneliness.
Choirs that participate: Coro Rabinos, Orfeón Crevillentino, Coro Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
MARCH 31ST - EASTER SUNDAY
The Encounter
Time: Around 11:00 a.m.
Route: Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Belén – Plaza de la Constitución.
Processional floats: Saint John with the Palm – Our Lady Queen of Peace.
TIPS TO KNOW ABOUT OUR HOLY WEEK
WHY IS FRIDAY OF SORROWS SO IMPORTANT IN CREVILLENT?
The devotion and singing of the Sorrows in Crevillent was born more than 300 years ago.
The Sorrows are sung by a popular choir in the Church of Our Lady of Bethlehem, a week before the Holy Week, being the most beloved day for the people of Crevillent, the Friday of Sorrows.
WHAT IS THE ENCOUNTER IN “LA MORQUERA”?
When the Procession to the Calvary arrives at the place called “La Morquera”, this emotional ceremony takes place.
In the street called San Sebastián, at around 7:00 a.m., during the dawn of Good Friday, Jesus of Nazareth and Our Lady of Sorrows approach, both images carved by Mariano Benlliure. Jesus moves his right arm, symbolically embracing his mother and imparting the blessing to all present.
BENLLIURE AND CREVILLENT?
Crevillent has the honor of being one of the cities that has more images of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure to procession in its Holy Week.
Of the 30 Holy Week Brotherhoods, eight of them were made by the Valencian artist for the processions of Crevillent. An open-air museum.
COME AND DISCOVER OUR GASTRONOMY
During the celebration of the Holy Week, the town of Crevillent has the custom of not consuming meat during those dates.
The gastronomy of those days consists of “Pa Torrat” (baked bread), baked garlic, cod and tender beans. Learn more here.
