{"id":10948,"date":"2020-03-09T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:00:26","slug":"holy-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/holy-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid&#8217;s Holy Week Activities in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of people visit Madrid during Holy Week to witness some of the processions passing through the streets of the city. The sounds of trumpets and drums, the colourful costumes and the passion of those present, are what Holy Week (or <em>Semana Santa<\/em>) in Madrid is all about. Today\u2019s article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> will tell you more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrid-holy-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What to Do in Madrid during Holy Week<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">2020 Calendar of the best Holy Week activities in Madrid<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madrid always celebrates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/sweets-holy-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Holy Week <\/b><\/a>with true devotion. Concerts with sacred music take place in its churches, while priest fraternities leave in procession, after having been preparing themselves thoroughly throughout the entire year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10949\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020_opt-640x426.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10949\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020_opt-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"virgin mary\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020_opt-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020_opt-640x426-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Festive events actually begin a few days before the official start of Holy Week, although the calendar indicates that in 2020 it is from April 5 to 12. During these days, the brotherhood will visit the streets with different processions. The following Holy Week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/processions-community-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>processions<\/strong><\/a> really stand out:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On April 5 at 19:00h, on <strong>Palm Sunday<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>La Procesi\u00f3n de los Estudiantes<\/em> will take place. El Cristo de la Fe y el Perd\u00f3n will leave from Basilica Pontificia de San Miguel, which is at Carrer San Justo in the district of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/madrid-rent\/centro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Centro<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On April 8 at 20:15h, on <strong>Holy Wednesday<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>La Procesi\u00f3n de los Gitanos <\/em>will take place. It will leave from Parroquia Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Carmen y San Luis in Carrer de Carmen, which is also in Centro.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On April 9 at 19:00h, on <strong>Holy Thursday<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><em>La Procesi\u00f3n del Pobre <\/em>will take place. The procession of Mar\u00eda Sant\u00edsima del Dulce Nombre y Nuestro Padre Jes\u00fas Nazareno El Pobre will start at Iglesia de San Pedro\u00a0(in Centro).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n del Divino Cautivo will leave from Colegio Calasancio (in the district of Salamanca).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n del Gran Poder y la Macarena will start at Real Colegiata de San Isidro (from the district of Centro).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/enjoy-spring-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enjoy Your Spring in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10950\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020-I_opt-640x425.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10950\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020-I_opt-640x425.jpg\" alt=\"holy cross\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020-I_opt-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/semana-santa-2020-I_opt-640x425-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On April 10, on <strong>Good Friday<\/strong>, there will be the highest number of processions:\n<ul>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas de Medinaceli will start at 19:00h and will depart from Bas\u00edlica de Nuestro Padre Jes\u00fas de Medinaceli\u00a0 (Plaza de Jes\u00fas in Centro).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n del Cristo de los Alabarderos will start at 19:00h at the Royal Palace.<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n del Silencio will start at 19:00h at Iglesia del Sant\u00edsimo Cristo de la Fe (in Calle de Atocha).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n del Divino Cautivo starts at 19:30h from Colegio Calasancio\u00a0 (Calle General D\u00edaz Porlier in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/madrid-rent\/salamanca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>district of Salamanca<\/strong><\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n de los Siete Dolores starts at 19:30h at Iglesia de Santa Cruz from Colegio Calasancio\u00a0 (in Calle de Atocha).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On April 11, on <strong>Holy Saturday<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n de la Soledad (a parade with drums and Santo Entierro de M\u00f3stoles) will leave at 16:00h from Iglesia de las Calatravas (at Calle Alcal\u00e1).<\/li>\n<li>La Procesi\u00f3n de la Dolorosa starts at 20:00h and will begin at Bas\u00edlica de Nuestro Padre Jes\u00fas de Medinaceli (at Plaza de Jes\u00fas in Centro).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>On April 12, on <strong>Easter Sunday<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>La Tamborrada will start at Plaza Mayor at 12:00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to all the processions mentioned in this blog article, Madrid City Council organizes several special concerts with Baroque music and Gregorian chants in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/baroque-churches-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>churches<\/strong><\/a>. The programme is varied and includes workshops, flamenco <em>saetas<\/em> (emotional songs) and theatre performances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which of these Holy Week activities will you be joining?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"10948\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people visit Madrid during Holy Week to witness some of the processions passing through the streets of the city. The sounds of trumpets and drums, the colourful costumes and the passion of those present, are what Holy Week (or Semana Santa) in Madrid is all about. Today\u2019s article by ShMadrid will tell you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":10951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1572],"tags":[2366,2370,2367,2371,2369,2368],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10948"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10962,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948\/revisions\/10962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}