The Mission ....
---- Sunday 19/05/2013, Limina - Sicily (the expectation that precedes the coming out of the Saint from his church, and His mad rush): two young devotees .... ----
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.... this is a short-long report on the traditional feast of St. Philip which takes place in Limina (Sicily), this feast is held over two days:
the first day of feast takes place early in the month of May (this year On 11-05-2013), with the procession which reaches up to the district of "Murazzo"; the second day of feast takes place the third Sunday in May, called the "eighth" (this year On 19-05-2013).
St. Philip in antiquity was sent by the then pope in the land of Sicily, to evangelize the Gentiles, and cast out demons hiding in the island. The Sicilian town of Limina, dedicates to St. Philip a very typical festival, full of devotion and traditions (which in fact takes place in two non-consecutive days in the month of May).
The float with the Black Holy is carried on shoulders, high up on the hill called "Calvario", then the float returns to the country and here the Saint is rushed back and forth, but is also twirled rapidly; then the saint is again carried out of the country, reaching the district of "Durbi ", then He goes fastly back again to Limina ... and here the Black Holy of Limina continues its race-dance .....for a long long time.....
The Mission ....
---- Sunday 19/05/2013, Limina - Sicily (the expectation that precedes the coming out of the Saint from his church, and His mad rush): two young devotees .... ----
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.... this is a short-long report on the traditional feast of St. Philip which takes place in Limina (Sicily), this feast is held over two days:
the first day of feast takes place early in the month of May (this year On 11-05-2013), with the procession which reaches up to the district of "Murazzo"; the second day of feast takes place the third Sunday in May, called the "eighth" (this year On 19-05-2013).
St. Philip in antiquity was sent by the then pope in the land of Sicily, to evangelize the Gentiles, and cast out demons hiding in the island. The Sicilian town of Limina, dedicates to St. Philip a very typical festival, full of devotion and traditions (which in fact takes place in two non-consecutive days in the month of May).
The float with the Black Holy is carried on shoulders, high up on the hill called "Calvario", then the float returns to the country and here the Saint is rushed back and forth, but is also twirled rapidly; then the saint is again carried out of the country, reaching the district of "Durbi ", then He goes fastly back again to Limina ... and here the Black Holy of Limina continues its race-dance .....for a long long time.....