HOLY WEEK IN SEVILLE; The Ancient Spanish City Bright With Gorgeous Pageants. SPANISH HOSPITALITY TAXED Extraordinary Wealth of Religious Brotherhoods Excites the Comment of Foreigners -- Great ...

Altar servers crowd a window to watch the passing of the Christ of the San Bernardo brotherhood during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Wednesday April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) EMILIO ...

For 50-year-old Roberto Ruiz, the extravagant Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions mark the cycle of time in Seville. Without them, he feels unsettled.

Emblematic of a pandemic-altered world, a shop in the southern city of Seville was selling cloth face masks emblazoned with the images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. ___ ...

“Many young people get close to religion because of it.” In weekly meetings throughout the year, the 6,000-member brotherhood prepares its seven-hour procession to be held on Tuesday of Holy Week.

In weekly meetings throughout the year, the 6,000-member brotherhood prepares its seven-hour procession to be held on Tuesday of Holy Week. Some 150 people in rotation are to carry the two floats ...

A man bursts into tears as an image of the Virgin Mary is carried in procession through the streets of Seville during Holy Week, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2025.