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The first of the events commemorating the feast of the patron saint of Cartagena, the Virgin of Charity, took place this morning in the traditional offering of an ounce of gold. Just after ten o'clock the Municipalen Corporation city has come from the Hall toward the church of Charity palace accompanied by trumpeters, mace-bearers, porters and police gala.
The city councilman presided over the solemn procession, in which the youngest councilman Ricardo Segado, was in charge of carrying the banner of the city.
Once in the basilica he began the Mass in honor of the Virgin of Charity celebrated by elobispo city, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes.
This liturgical ceremony was attended by President of the Region of Murcia, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, and the president of the Regional Assembly, Rosa Peñalver;
otrasautoridades between legal civil, military, academic and.
In this framework the mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, has met, as is tradition, with the offering of an ounce of gold, which this year has made a donation of 35,000 euros.
This economic contribution dates back to 1762 and the city of Cartagena held every year in favor of the patients without resources Santo and Real Hospital of Charity.
In his speech the mayor of Cartagena has asked the Virgin of Charity salvation of all souls, believers or atheists.
At the same time the mayor has asked the Patroness to intercede for us to achieve prosperity is gained with effort, not an ephemeral prosperity that has led the world, according to Lopez, to a period of suffering and social inequality.
To conclude his words, the mayor has implored the Viregen the qualities of strength, intelligence and humility to serve our fellow citizens with honesty.
At the end of the liturgical act members of the Municipal Corporation they have moved to the theNew facilities Circus Theater to witness the opening speech of the beginning of Holy Week this year has been borne by Joaquín Ortega, lawyer, procesionista and president of the Casino de Cartagena .
At the same event the appointment of the Nazarene Mayor this year falls on Good Francisca Lopez formalized.
FIRST PROCESSION OF SPAIN
The procession of Cristo del Socorro, the first of Spain, marked the beginning of an intense day filled acts and processions in which the city will celebrate the Great Day of its popular patron saint, the Virgin of Charity.
Early this morning marked the start of a ten-day Easter, declared of International Tourist Interest.
At half past three, from around the Old Cathedral, he started the early riser of all the processions, the Way of the Cross of the Brotherhood of Christ Relief.
Founded by the Duke of Veragua in XVII century, it is an austere penitential procession accompanied only by a dull drum and prayer stations along the main streets of the Old Town.
In it they were procesionado images of the Virgin of Solitude and the Christ of Consuelo Moreno.
Especially emotional were the stops, first to the official patron saint of Cartagena, the Virgin of Rosell, in Santa Maria de Gracia, and later on the six o'clock, before the popular patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, in the Basilica of the same name.
The mayor, Jose Lopez, received at the beginning of the Via Crucis distinction as honor brother of the Brotherhood of Socorro and has carried on the shoulders to Christ as a portapasos more;
while Deputy Mayor, Ana Belén Castejon, has been commissioned to give exit to the throne.
FLORAL OFFERING TO CHARITY
Under the organization of the Department of Celebration, throughout the day, cartageneros can drive up laiglesia of Charity for the Floral Offering to the Patron Saint.
As has been happening for years the offerings can be made individually, throughout the day, or group through the procession will depart in the afternoon.
Those who choose to do so individually must wear corsages, from six to eight clavelespreferentemente, in white, red or pink, without wrap or cellophane.
Municipal employees are instructed to collect the flowers from the morning and go making up the mosaic that is enabled at the entrance of the temple.
At 17 hours will start the procession of the wreath from the town hall square towards the Basilica of Charity with the following route: Calle Mayor, Plaza de San Sebastian, Puerta de Murcia, Sagasta, Carmen, Santa Florentina, Park, Plaza López Pinto, Merganser and Basilica of Charity.
Fifty associations and groups of districts and councils, totaling more than 1,500 people will participate in the event, which may also participate those who want it, dressed in the typical costume cartagenero, preferably.
Among the participating groups are bands of bagpipes, bugles and drums, groups of choirs and dances, street musicians and crews of Campo de Cartagena, acting with the patron and deposited the flowers which will concocting a floral blanket around the patron .
LAST DAY PROCESIONES
The day will end as it began, with processions.
The first, the Stations of the Cross of Christ of the Divine Mercy, which will depart at six p.m. from the Plaza de la Merced with the following schedule: Duque, Plaza de San Gines, San Francisco, Plaza San Francisco, Arch Charity San Vicente, Plaza de Lopez Pinto, Merganser, Charity, Plaza de la Inmaculada, Duke and Plaza de la Merced (south and east).
Second, will the first procession of the Brotherhood California: the Holy Christ of Mercy and the Virgin of the Rosary, which will start at nine from the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia with the usual itinerary of the rest of processions, passing first down the street Air, Canyon and Mayor.
The third is that of the Virgin of Charity of Alumbres, which also will leave at nine p.m. from the parish of San Roque, carrying the image carved in 1951 by José Lozano Rock who was venerated in the missing Basilica populous refinery tailings, and this year procesionará first image of the Captive Christ.
ALL INFORMATION ON THE WEB AND MOBILE
All these acts and processions, as well as the rest of Holy Week, is offered full information for citizens and visitors in the municipal portal processions (semanasanta.cartagena.es), which take precedence images, with more than 700 photographs.
This site uses free software technology Bootstrap, which allows you to create interfaces that automatically adapt to the screen size of the devices, whether PCs or mobile devices like tablets or mobile phones.
Among other advantages, this adaptive design avoids them having to make different versions of the same web, one for each type of device.
It also improves handling and navigation and premium primarily the visual aspect, making it more pleasant and attractive.
This design also allows viewing through mobile live coverage of the processions, which this year will again offer the city of Cartagena in collaboration with the local television station TELECARTAGENA cable.
Broadcasts will be made relying on the municipal Youtube channel which will provide greater visibility and promotion of Easter and the possibility of seeing the processions of certain days, a la carte.
Retransmissions schedules are as follows:
Relief procession.
DEFERRED Passion Saturday at 20: 00h.
Proclamation of Easter, Good Friday, 12: 30h.
Good Friday Procession, 21: 20h.
Palm Sunday procession, 17: 20h.
Procession Easter Monday, 21: 20h.
Procession of Tuesday Santo, 22: 00h.
Holy Wednesday procession, 21: 20h.
Maundy Thursday Procession of Silence.
DEFERRED on Friday 19: 30h.
Procession of the Meeting.
DEFERRED Good Friday at 20: 00h.
Good Friday Procession, 21: 20h.
Procession Holy Saturday, 22: 00h.
Procession Easter Sunday, 12: 20h.
Page Easter also offers schedules and routes of the processions provided by the Brotherhoods and the most important acts of Lent, with links, Easter marches and advertising posters and proclamations, pronounced since the mid-80's Last century.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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