Murcia is preparing to receive its patron saint, the Virgen de la Fuensanta, tomorrow Thursday afternoon, so that she can spend in the Murcian Cathedral, with its neighbors and visitors, the acts of Lent, Holy Week, and the Spring Festivals. Recovering “total normality” in the calendar of the pilgrimages of the Virgin between the sanctuary and the Cathedral, after the pandemic, the devotees of the patron saint will be able to accompany her from the Sanctuary of Algezares to the Cathedral, on the also traditional route, after the end of works to bury the tracks in the neighborhood of Santiago el Mayor.
From the mountain, wearing a purple cloak donated to the patron saint for the occasion, he will go down the Algezares road and enter the city through the neighborhood of Progreso, Santiago El Mayor, and the neighborhood of Carmen, from where he will cross the Segura river to arrive at the cathedral temple of the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga. “It is the first time that this pilgrimage has been held since 2019,” recalls the dean of the Cathedral, Tomás Cascales, who explains that it will begin at 3:00 p.m. and is scheduled to arrive at the Iglesia del Carmen at 7:30 p.m. There, with the bishop, José Manuel Lorca Planes, at the head of the delegation, the civil and military authorities will join, and the National Police and Local Police will take over from the Civil Guard in security tasks.
This is the traditional descent of the Virgin on the occasion of the anniversary of her coronation, which took place in March 1927, and will be in the city until April 25. During this time, the patron saint of Murcia will be present at various religious acts, such as the passage of children through her cloak, dated March 25, for which minors are already registering. “It is not mandatory to sign up, but it does help to know how many there will be when organizing the event,” says the dean, who indicates that it is also common for families to take advantage of the to pass the minors through the clothes of the Virgin.
“Both the members of the Royal Brotherhood of the Knights of Fuensanta and the court of its Ladies are very excited about the preparations,” says its president, Manuel Ramón García-Garre.
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