La Pace — The Easter Encounter in the districts (Picanello, San Cristoforo, Ognina)
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La Pace — The Easter Encounter in the districts (Picanello, San Cristoforo, Ognina)

20 Apr 2025
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Edition 2025 — La Pace of Catania

In 2025, La Pace took place on the morning of Sunday, April 20, Easter Day, in the districts of Picanello, San Cristoforo, and Ognina in Catania. Local press described the rite as a brief but intense representation of the meeting between Our Lady of Sorrows, still dressed in black, and the Risen Christ: upon recognizing her Son, the Virgin casts off the black veil and dons the sky-blue mantle, a symbol of the end of mourning and rebirth.

The 2025 edition of the Encounter was held on the morning of Sunday, April 20, in the districts of Picanello, San Cristoforo, and Ognina, in Catania. As every year, the statues of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Risen Christ searched for each other along the neighborhood streets until the culminating moment of the Peace, marked by the change of the veil from black to sky-blue. The rite was accompanied by blank cannon shots, fireworks, flights of white doves, and children's choirs, with great participation from the faithful and families.

Where does it take place — La Pace of Catania

Quartieri Picanello, San Cristoforo e Ognina

La Pace of Catania in brief

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