Good Friday Procession Our Lady of Fatima Binakayan,Cavite,Philippines

Semana Santa among Catholics is a one week celebration of the life and passions of Jesus Christ.It started on a Palm Sunday with Jesus' triumphant entrance to Jerusalem was re-enacted.Each day has its own significance but it is during the Viernes Santo that people would meditate and reflect on their lives.It is during this day that the death of Jesus on the cross up to the time that he is buried is being remembered by means of a procession.This is being participated by many carozas escorted by the different barangays and church organizations.In this procession there are 16 carozas namely:

1. San Pedro Apostol
2. San Judas Tadeo
3. La Entrada Triunfal
4. La Oracion del Huerto
5. El Senor Jesus Cautivo
6. Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno
7. Lagrimas
8. La Piedad
9. Sta. Veronica
10. Sta. Marta de Bitania
11. Sta. Maria Cleofas
12. Sta. Maria Salome
13. Sta. Maria Magdalena
14. San Juan Apostol
15. Sto. Sepulcro and
16. Nuestra Senora delos Dolores, This would start after the afternoon mass and will be proceeding around the main roads of the barrio usually at 5:00 in the afternoon and finish at around 7:30 in the evening.The climax of this would be the placing of the Sto. Sepulcro in a makeshift tomb inside the church or somewhere within its compound.

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