Easter in Marsala

In Marsala the Easter celebrations are of considerable importance. In particular, the Holy Thursday procession is one of the few in Sicily to have maintained the appearance of the ancient theatrical representations.
The Holy Thursday procession of the Living Groups evokes the Via Crucis and is formed by a procession of hundreds of actors and figures, all in period costumes, who act as they walk the streets of the city. Following, the living paintings that represent the most significant moments of the Passion of Christ: the entrance into Jerusalem, the dialogues with the apostles, the meeting with Pilate and Herod, the arrest, the scourging, the road to crucifixion with falls, and so on up to death. During the procession, all the groups are preceded by a hooded man carrying the cross, by the Jews playing trumpet and drum, and by the statues of the dead Christ and the Addolorata, who will be the protagonist of the procession that takes place the next day. br> On Good Friday, after the solemn religious function, the simulacrum of the Dead Christ and the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows are carried in procession through the streets of the city.

Dates and Scheduling

Due to the restoration work currently underway at the Church of Sant’Anna, the Maundy Thursday procession will depart from the Church of Carmine, which was recently reopened to the public as a place of worship after 82 years.

18 Apr 2025

Good Friday Procession

17:00 Itinerary of the procession:
Chiesa Madre, piazza della Repubblica, via XI Maggio (lato destro), piazza Matteotti, via Stefano Billardello, via On. Francesco De Vita, via Giuseppe Verdi, via dello Sbarco, via S. Giovanni Bosco, via Francesco Crispi, via Roma, via On. Andrea Spanò, via Libertà, via Aspromonte, via Mentana, via Giulio Anca Omodei, via Pascasino, via Largo Sansone, via Sardegna, piazza Castello, via Punica, via Vincenzo Pipitone, via Frisella, via Sarzana, via XI Maggio, piazza della Vittoria, viale Isonzo, via delle Ninfe, via santa Lucia, via delle Sirene, via Scipione l’Africano, via dei Mille, via Edoardo Alagna, piazza Matteotti, via Abele Damiani, piazza della Repubblica (breve sosta per la preghiera), via Garibaldi, piazza Addolorata e rientro nel Santuario.

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