At the start of Holy Week there are religious processions, ceremonies and masses held all over Brazil, and especially in Rio. One of the biggest ceremonies takes place at San Sebastian Cathedral with a commemorative liturgy celebrating the passion and death of Christ. Afterwards there is a procession of the Dead Lord accompanied by the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, bearing a fragment of the Holy Cross. The Church of Our Lady of Copacabana also conducts a procession, with drummers and participants dressed as Roman soldiers.

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Cathedral service from 1500. Procession 1730.