Religion
Cuccia di Santa Lucia
Posted on Sunday 13th of December 2009 under Festivities | Food and Drink | Religion
Today is Saint Lucia day, praton Saint of Siracusa. The celebrations started on the 30th of November and have their central moment in today's solemn mass and procession around Siracusa.
San Corrado procession in Noto
Posted on Friday 28th of August 2009 under Events | Festivities | Religion
Every year, in February, Noto celebrates the anniversary of the death of San Corrado, its patron Saint, with a procession dating back to the year 1644. The same procession, however, takes place also the last Sunday of August, to remember the day when an official messsanger from the Vatican brought the news that Corrado Confalonieri had been officially made Saint.
The city is now preparing for the big day which is also a chance for the people of Noto who now live elsewhere and for tourists to see the procession during the holidays.
Madonna del Carmine in New Jersey
Posted on Friday 17th of July 2009 under Processions | Religion
Yesterday it was the day of the Madonna del Carmine and in many towns in Sicily people are now working to prepare the processions that will take place this coming Sunday.
San Giovanni in Sicily
Posted on Wednesday 24th of June 2009 under Events | Festivities | General | History | Journeys | Processions | Religion | Travel
Today we celebrate San Giovanni, Saint John day, with processions taking palce in many towns around Sicily.
Just in the Province of Ragusa, where our cookery school is based, there are 4 processions, one in Ragusa, one in Monterosso Almo and in Pozzallo.
Sant' Agata celebrations in Catania
Posted on Tuesday 29th of January 2008 under Festivities | Processions | Religion | Traditions
Sant' Agata is Catania's patron saint and is celebrated in February from the 3rd to the 5th with one of the largest religious processions in Italy.
Agata lived during the third century AD, when Sicily was under the Roman Empire, and was the daughter of an important rich local family. She was very religious and, while still very young, decided to dedicate her life to God by resisting any men who wanted her at a turbulent time in Sicily, when Christians were prosecuted.
She became a martyr when she refused the advances of Roman proconsul Quintian.
