At four o’clock in the morning, the procession of “The Christ of Soccour Brotherhood” departs from the Old Cathedral surrounding area with its “Stations of the Cross.” The brotherhood’s heirs founded by the Duke of Veragua will be only accompanied by a muffled drum and the pray of the Stations of the Cross, being this the only sound heard in the old streets of Cartagena. The images of the Virgin of the Consolation Solitude and the Christ of Soccour will carry out a penance station at the Virgin of the Rosell, old patron saint of the city. At six in the morning they will offer the first of the masses in Caridad Church, devoted on this day to this Virgin. At dawn, as it is usual with all the Virgins of our Holy Week, at the end of the procession people will sing the Cartagena’s Hail Mary.

At night, full of emotions and feelings, the first procession of the California Brotherhood departs. Its most characteristic thrones are The Christ of Mercy and the Holy Mary of Rosary. To see the procession in front of the Caridad Church fills your heart with emotion due to its fervent “portapasos” who are very devote to the thrones they carry. Santa María de Gracia Church will be a silent witness of the arrival of the procession.

 

 

Departure: 4:00 - Concepción Street, near the Cathedral ruins.

Arrival: 7'45 h.

Route: Concepción, Plaza de San Ginés, San Francisco, Campos, San Miguel, Aire (estación penitencial en la Iglesia de Sta. María de Gracia, para la ofrenda en honor de la antigua Patrona deCartagena: la Stma. Virgen del Rosell), Honda, Balcones Azules, Ignacio García, Plaza San Francisco (lado norte), Arco de la Caridad, San Vicente, Plaza del Sevillano, Serreta (segunda estación penitencial en la Iglesia de la Stma. Virgen de la Caridad, ante la Patrona de Cartagena, para asistir a la celebración de la Eucaristía, a las 6 de la mañana). Finalizada la misa, sobre la seis y media de la mañana, continúa la procesión por las calles Caridad, Plaza Risueño, Duque, Plaza de San Ginés (donde finaliza el Vía Crucis y canto de la Salve), Concepción.

 

 

Departure: 18:00 h.- desde la Capilla y Casa del Cristo de la Misericordia en Plaza de la Merced nº9.

Route: Plaza de la Merced (lado norte y oeste), Duque, Plaza de San Ginés, San Francisco, Plaza San Francisco, Arco de la Caridad, San Vicente, Plaza de López Pinto, Serreta, Caridad, Plaza de la Inmaculada, Duque, Plaza de la Merced (lado sur y este).

 

 

Departure: 21 h.- Santa María de Gracia Church

Length: 4 horas.

Order and composition: Standards, Female penitents of Prendimiento, Brotherhood’s emblem float, Grenadiers Squad, Female penitents of the prayers in the orchard, Float of the seven pains allegory, Female penitents of Osculo, Float of Jesus’ goodbye to the Holy Virgin, Penitents of the Christ of Mercy, Brotherhood’s table, Christ of Mercy float, Penitents of the Virgin of the Rosary, The Virgin of the Rosary float, Squad of Grenadiers.

Route: Aire, Cañón, Mayor, San Sebastián Square, Puerta de Murcia, Santa Florentina, Juan XXIII Square, Parque, López Pinto Square, Serreta, Serreta Square, Caridad, Inmaculada Square, Duque, San Ginés Square, San Francisco, Campos, Jara, Aire and Santa María de Gracia Church.