Holy Week Around the World
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![Penitents wait before taking part in the procession of [Santa Genoveva] brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 25, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c684_big.jpg "Penitents wait before taking part in the procession of [Santa Genoveva] brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 25, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)")
Penitents wait before taking part in the procession of [Santa Genoveva] brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 25, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
![A barefoot penitent from the [Los Estudiantes] brotherhood walks to a church before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on March 26, 2013. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c685_big.jpg "A barefoot penitent from the [Los Estudiantes] brotherhood walks to a church before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on March 26, 2013. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)")
A barefoot penitent from the [Los Estudiantes] brotherhood walks to a church before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, on March 26, 2013. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)
A full moon rises behind a cross on top of Saint Nicholas Catholic Church in the Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Catholics are observing Holy Week, which is the final week of the Lent period before Easter. (Photo by Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
![Penitents of [La Paz] (The Peace) brotherhood wait before their penance during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c687_big.jpg "Penitents of [La Paz] (The Peace) brotherhood wait before their penance during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)")
Penitents of [La Paz] (The Peace) brotherhood wait before their penance during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
![Penitents from [Jesus en su Tercera Caida] brotherhood wait in their church to take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on March 25, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c688_big.jpg "Penitents from [Jesus en su Tercera Caida] brotherhood wait in their church to take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on March 25, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)")
Penitents from [Jesus en su Tercera Caida] brotherhood wait in their church to take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on March 25, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/Associated Press)
![Catholic children hold candles during the [Via Crucis] (Way of the Cross) re-enactment in a procession during Holy Week, in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, in Luque March 27, 2013. Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c689_big.jpg "Catholic children hold candles during the [Via Crucis] (Way of the Cross) re-enactment in a procession during Holy Week, in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, in Luque March 27, 2013. Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)")
Catholic children hold candles during the [Via Crucis] (Way of the Cross) re-enactment in a procession during Holy Week, in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, in Luque March 27, 2013. Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)
Nuns carry olive branches as they wait for the start of a Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Palma de Mallorca, on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Enrique Calvo/Reuters)
A penitent walks during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 26, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters)
![Penitents from [Cristo de la Buena Muerte] or [Good Dead Christ] brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c68c_big.jpg "Penitents from [Cristo de la Buena Muerte] or [Good Dead Christ] brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)")
Penitents from [Cristo de la Buena Muerte] or [Good Dead Christ] brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)
A boy dressed up as a Roman soldier takes part in a procession during Holy Week, in Tapachula, near San Jose, Costa Rica, on March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters)
![The [miraculous] Ta' Giezu (of Jesus) crucifix is carried during the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, during Holy Week in Valletta March 27, 2013. Legend has it that in 1630, the artist Fra Umile had racked his brains to try and depict Christ at his greatest hour of pain, but while he slept the head of Christ was completed by an angel. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c68e_big.jpg "The [miraculous] Ta' Giezu (of Jesus) crucifix is carried during the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, during Holy Week in Valletta March 27, 2013. Legend has it that in 1630, the artist Fra Umile had racked his brains to try and depict Christ at his greatest hour of pain, but while he slept the head of Christ was completed by an angel. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)")
The [miraculous] Ta' Giezu (of Jesus) crucifix is carried during the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, during Holy Week in Valletta March 27, 2013. Legend has it that in 1630, the artist Fra Umile had racked his brains to try and depict Christ at his greatest hour of pain, but while he slept the head of Christ was completed by an angel. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)
![Penitents of the [El Perdon] brotherhood put incense in a censer as they take part in a procession during Holy Week in Almeria, southeast Spain March 26, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Picture taken March 26, 2013. (Photo by Francisco Bonilla/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c68f_big.jpg "Penitents of the [El Perdon] brotherhood put incense in a censer as they take part in a procession during Holy Week in Almeria, southeast Spain March 26, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Picture taken March 26, 2013. (Photo by Francisco Bonilla/Reuters)")
Penitents of the [El Perdon] brotherhood put incense in a censer as they take part in a procession during Holy Week in Almeria, southeast Spain March 26, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Picture taken March 26, 2013. (Photo by Francisco Bonilla/Reuters)
A boy dressed as Spider Man stands near an altar outside his house before a Holy Week procession in Tapachula, near San Jose, Costa Rica, on March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters)
![Penitents from [La Sed] brotherhood leave the church after the procession was cancelled due to bad weather in Seville, Spain, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Most of the Eater Holy Week processions were canceled in Seville because of the rain Wednesday. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c691_big.jpg "Penitents from [La Sed] brotherhood leave the church after the procession was cancelled due to bad weather in Seville, Spain, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Most of the Eater Holy Week processions were canceled in Seville because of the rain Wednesday. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)")
Penitents from [La Sed] brotherhood leave the church after the procession was cancelled due to bad weather in Seville, Spain, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Most of the Eater Holy Week processions were canceled in Seville because of the rain Wednesday. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)
Faithful pray during a Palm Sunday Mass at the Baby Jesus Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday March 24, 2013. According to the New Testament, Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem, greeted by cheering crowds bearing palm fronds. For Christians, Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week. The week continues with commemorations of Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday before celebrating his resurrection on Easter the following Sunday. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)
A man prepares an altar outside his house before a Holy Week procession in Tapachula, near San Jose, March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters)
An actor carries a cross as he plays the role of Jesus Christ in a re-enactment of the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) during a Holy Week procession, in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, in Luque, Paraguay, on March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Jorge Adorno/Reuters)
![Penitents take part in a procession for the Moriones Festival during Holy Week in Mogpog town on Marinduque island, central Philippines March 27, 2013. During the annual festival, masked and costumed penitents called [Moriones] dress in attire that is the local interpretation of what Roman soldiers wore during biblical times. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c695_big.jpg "Penitents take part in a procession for the Moriones Festival during Holy Week in Mogpog town on Marinduque island, central Philippines March 27, 2013. During the annual festival, masked and costumed penitents called [Moriones] dress in attire that is the local interpretation of what Roman soldiers wore during biblical times. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)")
Penitents take part in a procession for the Moriones Festival during Holy Week in Mogpog town on Marinduque island, central Philippines March 27, 2013. During the annual festival, masked and costumed penitents called [Moriones] dress in attire that is the local interpretation of what Roman soldiers wore during biblical times. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
![Parishioners parade the Jesús Nazareno de la Merced statue through downtown Guatemala City, in the annual Holy Tuesday procession known as [La Reseña], March 26, 2013. La Reseña or Review is one of the country's earliest Catholic processions, the first recorded in 1721. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c696_big.jpg "Parishioners parade the Jesús Nazareno de la Merced statue through downtown Guatemala City, in the annual Holy Tuesday procession known as [La Reseña], March 26, 2013. La Reseña or Review is one of the country's earliest Catholic processions, the first recorded in 1721. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)")
Parishioners parade the Jesús Nazareno de la Merced statue through downtown Guatemala City, in the annual Holy Tuesday procession known as [La Reseña], March 26, 2013. La Reseña or Review is one of the country's earliest Catholic processions, the first recorded in 1721. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)
Pope Francis is cheered by the crowd after celebrating his first Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican as tens of thousands joyfully waved olive branches and palm fronds, on March 24, 2013. The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press)
![Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of the Mercy into the church after the Palm Sunday procession of the [Estudiantes] brotherhood was suspended due to rain at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, March 24, 2013. (Photo by Eloy Alonso/Reuters)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c698_big.jpg "Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of the Mercy into the church after the Palm Sunday procession of the [Estudiantes] brotherhood was suspended due to rain at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, March 24, 2013. (Photo by Eloy Alonso/Reuters)")
Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of the Mercy into the church after the Palm Sunday procession of the [Estudiantes] brotherhood was suspended due to rain at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, March 24, 2013. (Photo by Eloy Alonso/Reuters)
Hooded penitents from the La Paz brotherhood walk to the church to take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, on March 25, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)
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