Oliva, Valencia, Spain, What's On:
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• Easter in Oliva, Valencia, Spain, April 2 - 9, 2012

Easter in Oliva, Valencia, Spain is lovely. Oliva house, in the heart of the Old Town, boasts the perfect location to enjoy a week of beautiful and moving traditional events, celebrated here for hundreds of years.

From Palm Sunday onwards in all the bakeries, you can order and buy monas de Pascua, traditional Valencian Easter cakes with chocolate or coloured hard-boiled eggs in the centre.



Good Friday sees the most popular religious demonstrations take place. Before sunrise, thousands of people congregate on Santa Ana mountain to take part in the Vía Crucis, or ‘way of the cross’. This is the oldest and most widespread event known of all those that take place over Easter.

Itinery:
PALM SUNDAY
09:30 Joan Carlos 1 Avenue, benidiction and distribution of palms, with the assistance of the priests, the brotherhoods, patronesses and maid of honor.
Followed by High Mass at San Roque.
After the mass meet at Saint Vincente Street visit to the old people's home. "Vamos a visitar a las personas mayores"

History: Palm Sunday, the final Sunday before Easter Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest and Crucifixion on Good Friday.

GOOD FRIDAY
06:30 Departure from Santa Maria Church to the SOLEMN VIA CRUCIS and MOUNTAIN SERMON
08:00 Santa Maria holy hour of the Maria Sagraris.
17:00 San Roque liturgical celebration of the Jesus Christ's death.
18:30 Santa Maria parish, ceremony of Jesus Christ's releasing from the cross, a syphonic poem.
20:00 General procession of Jesus Christ's burial, starting from Santa Maris Church and following the habitual itinery.

HOLY SATURDAY
23:00 Easter Vigil San Roque
24:00 Glory Mass San Roque

EASTER SUNDAY
"¡Pascua feliz!"
08:00 High Mass at San Roque. Followed by a parade to watch the Holy Encounter.

Oliva holiday tip* If asked to choose two Oliva Easter events, Oliva House recomments Palm Sunday and early morning procession on Good Friday.

• The weather in spring in Oliva, Spain, is mild and sunny with temparatures around 19°C. Perfect for outdoor activities including exploring the town and area on a bike, hiking around Oliva or at the beach. The Mediterranean is warming up, the soft sand, natural beaches and resturants are quiet and peaceful, Oliva's residents welcoming. April is a lovely month to stay in Oliva.