Holy Week in La Laguna entered its final stretch on Good Friday with the celebration of some of its most important processions and the ones that gather the most faithful and curious from all over the Island, in a few days full of fervor and emotion after the return of the steps to the streets after two years without being able to do so due to the pandemic.
Thus, the day began with the emblematic early morning procession of the Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna, one of the most emotional in the municipality, and continued with the Lignum Crucis and Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, at 11:00 a.m. from La Concepción; as well as with the Christ of the Anointing, Our Lady of Greater Pain, Holy Men, Saint John and Saint Mary Magdalene, at 11:50 a.m. from Santo Domingo, and the Santísimo Cristo Difunto, at 4:15 p.m. from Santo Domingo.
Another of the most emblematic moments of the day would come with the great procession and its 24 passion steps, which left the Cathedral at 5:00 p.m. and in which a multitude of faithful gathered to admire all the beauty and tradition of the iconography and lagoon religious imagery in these steps, accompanied by their respective brotherhoods and fraternities.
Good Friday concluded with another emotional procession, that of Silence, which at 10:00 p.m. left the Cathedral and toured the center on another cold lagoon night.
The last weekend of Holy Week in La Laguna closed yesterday with the procession of La Soledad, at 7:00 p.m. from the parish of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. In addition, this is a night of vigil in honor of the Lord, commemorating the holy night in which he was resurrected, for which the Bishop of the Diocese, Bernardo Álvarez, presided over the Solemn Easter Vigil at the Cathedral, at 10:00 p.m., as reported the Bishopric.
Meanwhile, today, Easter Sunday, the bishop will preside at the Cathedral the solemn Pontifical Eucharist of Easter, at 12:00, in which the papal blessing will be given. Likewise, at 1:00 p.m. the procession of His Divine Majesty will take place, which will leave from the Cathedral.
La Laguna thus culminates its Holy Week, one of the most special in its history, by recovering its presence in the streets and among the faithful,
