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The Trial – Holy Wednesday

Heroes' Square
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Holy Wednesday
April 1, 2026 7:00 pm
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Holy Wednesday in San Cataldo is one of the most profound expressions of the Holy Week, where tradition, spirituality, and popular theatricality blend into a single, intense collective experience.

The event opens in the late afternoon with the Historical Procession, an evocative parade that evokes the atmosphere of Jerusalem at the time of Christ: period costumes, horses, centurions and symbolic characters pass through the heart of the town, bringing the sacred narrative back to life in a popular key.

The most anticipated moment is the Trial of Jesus, a live performance that depicts the dramatic confrontation between Christ and his accusers. The Gospel story becomes theater, ritual, and collective participation: it is not simply a performance, but an act of faith experienced intensely by performers and spectators. Emotion flows through the dim lights, the expectant silences, and the ancient words that come alive again, restoring to the community the sense of sacrifice and redemption.

This day, more than a spectacle, is a civil and religious rite, a tradition that unites generations in the name of memory, culture, and devotion.

6:30 PM | HISTORICAL PROCESSION with Roman legionaries on foot and on horseback, priests, princes, and the Jewish people.
(Route: Via SM Mazzarello – Via Misteri – Via Don Bosco –
Piazza San Francesco – Corso V. Emanuele – Corso Sicilia – Piazza degli Eroi)
8:00 PM | TRIAL OF JESUS
​​Directed by Ivano Ferrara and Arcangelo Galanti, assistant director Davide Burcheri (Piazza degli Eroi)
9:00 PM | ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY – the first fall – the second fall.

With
Jesus: Stefano Mangione
Pontius Pilate: Vincenzo Amico
Caiaphas: Vincenzo Ferrara
Misander: Fabio Diliberto
Malchus: Vincenzo Naro
Joseph of Arimathea: Giuseppe Manzella
Nicodemus: Gaetano Emma
Claudia: Marta Riggi
Narrator: Cesarina Calabrese
Assistant Director Davide Burcheri – Director Ivano Ferrara and Arcangelo Galanti – Artistic Direction Alessio Di Minc

Photo by Carlo Falzone. Poster graphics by Skerma.

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