18th January 2026.- Lucena took the first step towards Holy Week 2026 yesterday, Saturday, with the official unveiling of its Holy Week poster at the Erisana Palace, in an event that once again highlighted the town’s deep cultural and emotional connection with its most important week of the year.<\/p>\n\n
The evening opened with a performance of the march Triana<\/em> by the Sociedad Did\u00e1ctico Musical Banda de M\u00fasica of Lucena, conducted by Miguel Herrero Martos, setting a solemn and evocative tone from the outset. This was followed by the screening of the audiovisual Procesi\u00f3n Magna: Lucena Lives the Passion<\/em>, recalling one of the most significant recent milestones in Lucena’s confraternity history.<\/p>\n\n The Secretary of the Agrupaci\u00f3n de Cofrad\u00edas formally welcomed those in attendance before reading the minutes of the Holy Week Poster Competition, followed by the presentation of the Detalles de Pasi\u00f3n Competition Award to Manuel Arroyo Algar.<\/p>\n\n The central moment of the evening came with the unveiling of the official poster for Holy Week in Lucena 2026, followed by the presentation of the award to its creator, Miguel Cantero Sab\u00e1n. The artwork depicts the \u2018Pollinita del Carmen\u2019 on the morning of Palm Sunday, with the Carmelite church forming its backdrop \u2014an image that brings together tradition, light, and devotion at the beginning of Holy Week. The official unveiling was carried out by Antonio D\u00edaz, President of the Agrupaci\u00f3n de Cofrad\u00edas of Lucena; Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda Moriana, Spiritual Director of the Agrupaci\u00f3n and Episcopal Vicar for the Campi\u00f1a; and the Mayor of Lucena. Aurelio Fern\u00e1ndez. <\/p>\n\n Following a performance of Cristo en la Alcazaba<\/em>, the artistic presentation of the poster was delivered by Mar\u00eda Dolores Molero Ma\u00edllo, who offered a personal and literary interpretation of the work. Music once again took centre stage with performances of the marches Siempre Macarena<\/em> and Viernes Santo en Lucena<\/em>. During this part of the evening, Lucena-born composer Fernando Chicano, who wrote the latter piece, was honoured in recognition of his contribution to the town’s confraternity musical heritage.<\/p>\n\n A certificate of recognition was also presented to Manuel Rold\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez in acknowledgement of his work on the 2025 Procesi\u00f3n Magna, highlighting the technical expertise and organisational effort that made this historic event possible.<\/p>\n\n The ceremony concluded with addresses by the Mayor of Lucena and the President of the Agrupaci\u00f3n de Cofrad\u00edas of Lucena, before culminating in a performance of Mektub<\/em> and an audiovisual presentation that brought the evening to a close. More than simply unveiling a poster, the event marked the beginning of the countdown to another Holy Week in Lucena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 18th January 2026.- Lucena took the first step towards Holy Week 2026 yesterday, Saturday, with the official unveiling of its Holy Week poster at the Erisana Palace, in an event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n