Good Friday Procession – Dead Christ Pageant

The 2025 Good Friday Procession took place in Sulmona on April 18, a day marked by two moments: at 5:00 PM, the small Lauretana procession, and at 8:00 PM, the solemn Trinitarian procession, which departed from the Baroque Church of the Most Holy Trinity, led by a brass band playing a funeral march.

Opening the pageant was the Tronco, the large 1752 crimson velvet cross, while over a hundred choristers from the Schola Cantorum chanted the Miserere. The Trinitarians in red robes paraded with their "struscio" through the historic center, crossing the thirteen churches and Piazza Garibaldi. Approximately ten thousand people attended the rite, including the faithful and visitors.

Friday, April 18, 2025

• 5:00 PM — Small Lauretana procession
• 8:00 PM — Departure of the solemn Trinitarian procession from the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, with a brass band and funeral march
• Opening with the Tronco, the 1752 crimson velvet cross
• The Schola Cantorum choir (over a hundred choristers) chants the Miserere along the entire route
• Parade of the Trinitarians in red robes with the struscio, the Dead Christ, and Our Lady of Sorrows, through the thirteen churches of the historic center and Piazza Garibaldi
• Return of the procession around midnight