Holy Week and L'Incontru
Edition 2025 Finished Free Sacred music Heritage History

Holy Week and L'Incontru

17 Apr 2025 — 20 Apr 2025
Menfi — Agrigento (084)

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Edition 2025 — Holy Week in Menfi

In 2025, the Holy Week in Menfi took place from Holy Thursday, April 17, to Easter Sunday, April 20. That year, the rite of L'Incontru once again renewed the ancient, centuries-old tradition at noon along Via della Vittoria, blending Christian devotion with the spring rebirth rites of the Belìce Valley.

The 2025 edition followed the usual calendar of Menfi's Easter rites: the Holy Sepulchres and the lavureddi on Holy Thursday, the procession of the deposed Christ and the Sorrowful Madonna on Good Friday, and, on Easter Sunday, the most anticipated moment of L'Incontru.

At noon, along Via della Vittoria, the community relived the meeting between the Madonna wrapped in her black mourning mantle, the Risen Christ, and the Archangel Saint Michael, with the traditional announcement repeated three times, the fall of the black mantle, the festive bells, the firecrackers, and the flying doves.

Where does it take place — Holy Week in Menfi

Centro storico, via della Vittoria

Holy Week in Menfi in brief

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