Easter in Italy
Pasqua in Italia
EASTER IN ITALY
PASQUA IN ITALIA
Pasqua, Pesach, Pascha
Pascha comes from
ancient greek:
Pascho =to suffer
But also from
Aramaic:
Pesach =Passage
Monastery of Novalesa in springtime
Turin Alps 800 d.C.
Latin: pascha
Italian: Pasqua
The Holy Week
La Settimana Santa
In Italy we celebrate
the Holy Week, the last
week of Lent, between
the Palms Sunday and
Easter Eve.
Easter is a moveable
feast and the Easter
Sunday is the first
Sunday following full
moon on or after the
spring equinox.
Palm Sunday
Domenica delle Palme
It’s the last Sunday before
Easter. It commemorates
Jesus’triumphal entry in
Jerusalem.
In Italy we celebrate it with
processions of worshipers
carrying blessed palms or olive
branches.
These are then placed at the
entrance of houses or above
beds until the following year’s
Palm Sunday
The Holy Thursday
Giovedì Santo
Missa in cena Domini
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper
is celebrated on the evening and
commemorates the Last Supper
of Jesus with his disciples.
It inaugurates the Easter Triduum,
3 days which recall the Passion,
Death and Resurrection of the Christ.
Colour: white
During the Mass,
the priest washes
the feet of 12 people,
as many as the apostles
Perugino The Last Supper,
Convento S.Onofrio Foligno 1494
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2KtQZqGdCY
Leonardo Last Supper
Chiesa si Santa Maria delle Grazie Milan 1494
Good Friday
Venerdì Santo
On Holy Friday, Catholics recall
the passion and crucifixion
of Jesus.
Every Italian town organises its
own holy representation of the
Via Crucis, with the stations
of the Cross.
During the Mass, people
venerates the Crucifix by
kissing the feet.
Colour: red, as the blood
of Jesus
TORINO 2013
Via Crucis in Sordevolo (Biella)
http://www.passionedicristo.org/en/gallery/passione-sordevolo
Mantegna, 1457
Louvre, Paris
Giotto, Scrovegni
Chapel, Padua 1305
Tiepolo, Chiesa San Martino,
Burano (VE)1727
Lotto , Monte San
Giusto 1531
Reni , S.Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome 1669
Easter Eve and Easter Sunday
Veglia pasquale
The resurrection of Jesus
is celebrated with a Vigil
service after nightfall: the
most touching moment is
the ceremony of Fire,
when the Church is
completely dark and, then,
enlightened by the candles
of the worshipers.
Colour: white and gold
Easter Monday
It’s also called «Lunedì
dell’Angelo» (Angel’s
Monday), when the Angel
appeared to the women
near the grave of Jesus.
We celebrate it with
family and friends going
outside the town for
pic-nics and short trips
Pasquetta
L’ Agnello
The Easter Lamb
Raffaello Sacra Famiglia dell’Agnello 1507
La Colomba
The Easter Dove
Mosaico Ravenna
Piero della Francesca Battesimo di Cristo 1440 ca
L’Uovo
The Easter Egg
Wooden Madonna,
Collegiata of Alatri,
XII century
Piero della Francesca, Pala
Montefeltro, Milano, 1472
Gledilega Paska
SÁSTA
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CÁScA
Buona Pasqua