Lent makes its way to Córdoba with ashes, prayers and a huge variety of events

From the Holy Cathedral Church to the Church of San Andrés. fast It makes its way to Córdoba with the traditional Ash Wednesday, with Córdoba brotherhoods extending their events to their respective parishes. It is a time of prayer, supplication and tireless work to prepare the seasons of services and penance for this coming Holy Week.

Bishop of Cordoba celebrates mass to ash At Holy Cathedral Church. A Lent begins 40 days earlier in which the Church “invites to prepare for Easter, the central mystery of Christianity” which remembers the death and resurrection of the Lord, as Demetrio Fernández said in his sermon. Told in the beginning. A moment in which Jesus defeated death and rose to “open the doors of heaven for us.”

He also requested Bishop of Cordoba To enter Lent “with determination, with a desire for change, to convert to God and grow in the Christian life.” The application of the ashes, the bishop said, expresses “our availability to travel the Lenten path that leads us to the central mystery of the Easter Triduum, the Lord’s death and Resurrection.”

“Prayer, fasting and charity are the guidelines that Jesus Christ gives us in this time of Lent,” Demetrio Fernandez explained in his sermon. Furthermore, he encouraged people to enter this holy time “with true desires for change.” The Bishop of Córdoba will preside over the main celebration of the cults this Sunday brotherhood of the holy grave -He launched it last Tuesday-, which will finalize the jubilee year of the 450th anniversary of the first rules of this corporation.

Ash Wednesday goes even further Holy Cathedral Church And the brotherhoods of Cordoba celebrate it with the application of eucharistic ashes to their respective temples. In addition, other corporations began Lent with the celebration of the Stations of the Cross with their respective masters, as was the case of the brotherhoods of La Merced and La Esperanza.

According to traditional custom, every Ash Wednesday a large number of devotees and devotees used to gather at the door of the temple St Andrews Church, The Palm Sunday Brotherhood, keeping its appointment, celebrated way of the cross with the image of jesus our father of sorrows Through the streets near its canonical headquarters.

For the occasion, the god of sorrows, known as the Gypsy, wore gold embroidered tunic Designed by Rafael Rueda and executed in 2016 by Jesús Rosado and carved by Ramon León with output power in sterling silver. They did it on a stretcher in which a red carnation calvary and in which he also incorporated elements of his mystical stage, such as the arboreal candelabra and spire arms.

with music a Asha’s Band QuintetPalm Sunday walked through the streets of the city with silence and prayer of the head of the Brotherhood, the brothers of the Brotherhood and many faithful and devotees who did not want to miss the presence of the image carved by Juan Martínez Cerrillo in the Via Crucis. Which took him to the Plaza de Santa Marina and where he traveled through Zarco, Ocaña, Isaac Peral or Realejo until reaching his parish.

This was not the only way of the cross, because brotherhood of merced They also celebrated Our Father the humble Jesus at the Coronation of Thorns. Prayers and prayers took place in a more intimate way in the parish of San Antonio de Padua, where at the end of January the Holy Monday Corporation held services for its master.

Events also took place at St. Peter’s Basilica, where brotherhood of mercy The fraternal services of Solemn Panchami, Holy Wednesday, which began for its master, will conclude this coming Sunday with the celebration of the Feast of the Reign, which will be presided over by the Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Antonio María Ruco Varela.

brotherhood of Soledad, Santa Faz, Gardens and Goodness They are also celebrating the cults of their owners in their respective parishes. fifth pain While presenting the Passion Wednesday poster at Merced Church the sorrows of santiago He did the same in Santiago Apóstol, a work by Valentín Moyano.

Lent makes its way among the Costelloros’ services, events and rehearsals, which are already preparing for Easter Which will be organized from 24 to 31 March. Before that moment arrives, the Córdoba Brotherhood will continue to plan everything and work in the best possible way. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of an intense period of fraternal activity in the city.