partizan1966 AFSHIN SALAHSHOOR's List: religon

The statue of Our Father Jesus of Health was slowly squeezed out of the door of the Parish Church of Saint Jerome, Royal, to begin the first procession for Easter week in Madrid. The Royal church is located behind the Prado Museum at the top of the small hill crest.

Leaving and entering the church with the statue is one of the most difficult and tense moments for the Fraternity of Our Father Jesus of Health and the Blessed Mary of Anguish (The Gypsies) who are responsible for carrying the statue. It takes 35 men to carry the statue on the thick pedestal made of engraved wood.

(I followed the procession until it reached the Prado Museum which took about one and a half hours to reach from the main gates of the church, a distance of about half a kilometre.)