FÊTES DE PÂQUES : PROCESSIONS GRANITOLA ET CHRIST ROI

FÊTES DE PÂQUES : PROCESSIONS GRANITOLA ET CHRIST ROI

From 02/04 to 03/04.

On the evening of Maundy Thursday, the "Granitola" ceremony takes place, a procession in the shape of a snail that winds up and down in a slow movement. On the evening of Good Friday, Christ and Mary are borne in a candlelit procession through the streets of the old town. Corte is the only town in Corsica where Christ is venerated in the form of a recumbent statue carried on a stretcher by penitents. Easter ceremonies: Programme - Sunday 5 April - 10.00am: Blessing of the branches, Place St Théophile. Mass at 10.30am in the Church of the Annunciation. - Maundy Thursday - 6.00pm: Mass of the Lord's Supper in the Church of the Annunciation. - Good Friday - 3pm: Way of the Cross at the Annunciation followed by the crucifixion of Christ - 6pm: Office of the Passion and unveiling of the cross at the Annunciation - 9pm: Departure of the procession at the Annunciation. - Holy Saturday -21:00: Easter Vigil and Mass of the Resurrection. - Easter Sunday -10:30am: Solemn Mass of the Holy Day of Easter at the Annunciation.