The Sacred Re-enactment of the Death of Christ is a deeply religious tradition, steeped in emotion, which takes place every three years on Good Friday evening. The tradition dates back to the 18th century and consists of a symbolic, live re-enactment of the Passion and death of Christ. The Sacred Re-enactment in Grottammare differs from other Holy Week processions both in its cyclical nature and in the way it is conducted. It is neither a historical procession nor a Way of the Cross; rather, it is a moving narrative of a religious event that winds its way through the entire town in the strictest silence. <\/p>\n\n
The Good Friday evening re-enactment is one of the oldest in the area \u2013 second only to the procession of the Dead Christ in Ripatransone, established in 1624 \u2013 and was founded on 4 April 1738 by Father Antonio Petrocchi da Castignano with the approval of Monsignor Francesco Andrea Correa, Bishop of Ripatransone. In the past, it took place annually, although we do not know exactly how \u2013 the new town of Grottammare, in fact, was not built until 1790, so it is difficult to imagine that, from the time of its foundation, the procession ever ventured outside the walls of the old town \u2013 <\/p>\n\n
The procession was attended by the brotherhoods of Grottammare that were active at the time:<\/p>\n\n
From 1757, responsibility for organising and conducting the procession passed to the newly established Confraternity of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of His Most Glorious and Sorrowful Mother \u2013 the present-day Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows \u2013 established by Bishop Luca Nicol\u00f2 Recco on 10 February of that same year and immediately united with the ancient Confraternity of the Most Holy Sacrament by a papal bull issued by the same bishop. By joining the city\u2019s oldest confraternity, the new Company inherited its role as \u2018guardian\u2019 of the most ancient traditions. <\/p>\n\n
Since 1805, the new Confraternity of the Heart of Jesus (known as the \u2018Sacconi\u2019) \u2013 established at the Church of St Augustine on 21 October 1805 \u2013 has also been involved in organising the procession.<\/p>\n\n
Even today, it is possible to identify within the procession the roles that historically belonged to the old brotherhoods, thanks to the different robes and cloaks worn by the members.<\/p>\n\n
It was probably during these years that the procession began to make its way down towards \u2018la marina\u2019, becoming ever richer in both participants and significance.<\/p>\n\n
In 1930, Bishop Luigi Ferri laid down the \u201cinstructions for the procession of over 500 people, followed by thousands of the faithful marching in a predetermined order\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n What we see parading today, therefore, is a Sacred Procession that has been organised since 1738 but which follows the protocol established in 1930.<\/p>\n\n What makes this performance unique is its deep connection with the town. Indeed, the characters in the performance have always been residents of Grottammare who, out of love and loyalty to the memory of the past, keep this historic tradition alive, passing down the roles they play in the procession from generation to generation within their families. Each person is called upon to take on, for one night, a role that belonged to one of their ancestors many years ago. <\/p>\n\n Piazza Peretti \u2013 Via San Giovanni Battista \u2013 Via Palmaroli \u2013 Via Sant\u2019Agostino \u2013 Piazza Garibaldi \u2013 Via Leopardi \u2013 Via XX Settembre \u2013 Viale Ballestra \u2013 Via Marconi \u2013 Via Leopardi \u2013 Via Matteotti – Via Laureati, Via F.lli Cairoli \u2013 Viale Sisto V \u2013 Viale Crucioli \u2013 Corso Mazzini \u2013 Piazza Garibaldi \u2013 Via Sant\u2019Agostino \u2013 Church of Sant\u2019Agostino. <\/p>\n\n 7 April 2023 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n 3 April 2026<\/p>\n\n 30 March 2029<\/p>\n\n 26 March 2032<\/p>\n\n 23 March 2035<\/p>\n\n 23 April 2038<\/p>\n\n 19 April 2041<\/p>\n\n 15 aprile 2044<\/p>\n\n 12 April 2047<\/p>\n\n 8 April 2050<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5490,"template":"","tipologia-eventi":[107],"mesi-eventi":[110],"class_list":["post-5489","eventi","type-eventi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-eventi-traditional-events","mesi-eventi-aprile"],"bee_custom_fields":{"intro":"This religious event consists of a deeply evocative reenactment that takes place every three years on Good Friday<\/b>.","address":"","stelle":"","gallery":["https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Processione-Cristo-Morto-2.jpg","https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cristo-Morto.jpg","https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Processione-Cristo-Morto.jpg"],"immagine_in_evidenza":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Processione-Cristo-Morto.jpg","fisso":"","mobile":"","fax":"","latitudine":"","longitudine":"","sitoweb":"","email":"","facebook":"","instagram":"","youtube":"","orari":"","audioguida":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventi\/5489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventi"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipologia-eventi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologia-eventi?post=5489"},{"taxonomy":"mesi-eventi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitgrottammare.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mesi-eventi?post=5489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Route<\/h2>\n\n
Upcoming editions of the Sacred Re-enactment<\/h2>\n\n