The faithful believers of El Nazareno de San Pablo walked the streets dressed in purple as a symbol of Lent, penance and vigil.
One of the most representative traditions of Holy Week in Venezuela is the procession of El Nazareno de San Pablo, an image of Jesus Christ with the cross dressed in purple, which takes place on Holy Wednesday.
In the San Antonio de Padua church in the city of Coro, the Catholic parishioners participated in the procession of El Nazareno that began at 3:30 in the afternoon.
As every year, the starting point of the procession was the temple located on Avenida Manaure de Coro; from where they toured Monzón streets, Las Flores alley and South street.
Meanwhile, other parishioners who, pay promise every year, walked barefoot carrying a cross and crown of thorns on their heads. They, for the most part, pay a promise to the Nazarene for having cured them of some disease.
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As every year, before leaving for the Nazarene procession, mass takes place in the San Antonio de Padua church, in Coro. The priest Erick Zavala presided over the Eucharist this year.
Garment of the Nazarene
In Coro, the Trompiz family has been in charge, for 50 years, of dressing El Nazareno de San Pablo. This work is carried out with the help they receive from other families and companies that are in charge of making their donations to dress and decorate El Nazareno for the procession on Holy Wednesday.
This year 2023, the tunic worn by the Nazarene was donated by the Chirinos Báez family, also faithful devotees of the saint; while the Ikebana florist collaborated with part of the flowers to decorate the image of El Nazareno de San Pablo.
Promises kept
The faithful devotees of El Nazareno de San Pablo attend the procession every year, after the mass on Holy Wednesday, to pay a promise for the favors granted.
For the health of all people and for Venezuela are some of the prayers raised by the faithful devotees in the procession of El Nazareno en Coro.