Cristo San Pedro Marchena 2026 – Good Friday

On the afternoon of Good Friday, the Hermandad del Santísimo Cristo de San Pedro, María Santísima de las Angustias y San Juan Evangelista performs its penitential procession through the streets of Marchena. With a procession of approximately 680 participants, this brotherhood departs from its headquarters, the Iglesia de Santo Pedro Mártir, commonly known as Santo Domingo, which has the distinctive feature of a staircase that the floats must descend (and later ascend again upon returning), a difficult maneuver that the foremen and bearers overcome with admirable skill. This church was founded in 1517 and was originally a convent of the Dominican Order.

After the opening of the doors at 20:30, we can see the Cruz de Enagüilla following three nazarenes dressed in the old tunics that ceased to be used in the 1920s. One of them is the muñidor, who uses a wooden clapper or castanet, marking the rhythm of the procession.

The Santísimo Cristo de San Pedro is a three-nailed crucifix dating from the late 15th or early 16th century and combines Gothic details with Renaissance features, with possible Mexican influences connected to the workshops of Fray Pedro de Gante. It processes on a silver cross from 1889 with a canopy of crimson velvet embroidered in gold, made during the last third of the 19th century. This is an exceptional characteristic, as it is uncommon to see a crucified Christ beneath a canopy in Holy Week processions in general.

As it is a procession of silence and solemn recollection, the Cristo de San Pedro is not accompanied by a marching band, but instead is preceded by a musical chapel (woodwind instruments) and a group of singers performing verses from Eslava’s Miserere.

María Santísima de las Angustias was sculpted in 1867 by the Sevillian sculptor Grabiel de Astorga y Miranda. Since 1985, she has processed accompanied by the image of San Juan Evangelista, also attributed to Astorga, who wears a tunic and shoulder cape embroidered in gold from the 19th century. The silver rigid-roofed palio float dates from the 19th century and was later remodeled. At the front stands a small silver shrine containing the Virgin of the Rosary (patroness of Marchena and also titular of the brotherhood). In 2026, the Virgen de las Angustias was adorned with an 18th-century rostrillo that left no one indifferent.

The Banda de Música Villa de Marchena accompanied the palio with solemn and funeral-style music, including “Angustias”, composed by Martín Salas Martínez for this Virgin, and “Jesús de las Penas”, by Antonio Pantión during the departure. They also performed “Margot” upon entering San Francisco Street, and “Cristo en la Alcazaba” and “La madrugá” during the entrance. The brotherhood requested that the Spanish national anthem not be played due to the funeral and solemn nature of the procession.

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