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An Italian Easter

by Dianne Hales | Mar 30, 2021 | Books, books on Italy, culture, Easter, history, Italian, Italian language, Italy, learning Italian, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

On my first Easter in Rome in the Jubilee year of 2000, I joined the throngs jammed into the massive piazza of St. Peter’s basilica. Pope John Paul II, bent with age, extended Easter greetings in dozens of languages, including Italian. “Buona Pasqua!” the Roman family...

Italy’s Traditional Holy Week Celebrations

by Dianne Hales | Mar 23, 2021 | books on Italy, culture, history, Italian, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Sicily, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  La Settimana Santa (Holy Week) will be different this year, especially in Italy.  In years past pilgrims from around the world would travel to Italy to commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every region celebrated with rituals that...

Holy Week in Italy: The Passion of Jesus Christ

by Dianne Hales | Mar 31, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, Easter, history, Italy, Religion, Sicily, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

La Settimana Santa (Holy Week) will be different this year, especially in Italy. I recall the chants of the crowd at St. Peter’s on Palm Sunday, the Pope’s recital of the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum on Good Friday, the explosion of bells and shouts of...

Easter in Italy–and in the Italian Language

by DHales | Mar 30, 2018 | Books, culture, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter!  On my first Easter in Rome in the Jubilee year of 2000, I joined the throngs jammed into the massive piazza of St. Peter’s basilica. Pope John Paul II, bent with age, extended Easter greetings in dozens of languages, including...

Holy Week in the Italian Language

by DHales | Mar 24, 2018 | Books, culture, Italy, Language, Religion, Sayings and expressions, Television, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

   La Settimana Santa  Holy Week In the week before Easter (Pasqua) pilgrims from around the world travel to Italy to commemorate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (passione, morte e resurrezione di Gesù Cristo). Every region...
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