HOLY WEEK Piana degli Albanesi 2027
Fri 19 Mar
|Piana degli Albanesi (more locations)
Join us for the most anticipated event of the year: Byzantine Holy Week in Piana degli Albanesi. This event refers to the entire HOLY WEEK of 2027. PLEASE REVIEW THE DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE SECTION BELOW
Time & Location
19 Mar 2027, 18:00 – 28 Mar 2027, 18:00
Piana degli Albanesi (more locations), 90037 Piana degli Albanesi PA, Italia
About the event
This event refers to HOLY WEEK 2027 in Piana degli Albanesi.
If you are specifically interested in the EASTER SUNDAY program, please click here.
HOLY WEEK IN PIANA DEGLI ALBANESI | JAVA E MADHE E HORËS SË ARBËRESHËVET
Holy Week in Piana degli Albanesi (Java e Madhe e Horës së Arbëreshëvet) in the Byzantine Rite is one of the most highly anticipated events—both from a religious standpoint, offering the opportunity to participate in solemn Byzantine liturgical services, and from a cultural one, with side events centered around the magnificent traditional women's costume of Piana degli Albanesi. Each year, an increasing number of faithful and visitors come to experience the Byzantine Holy Week, which features several truly unmissable moments:
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