The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary continues in Aglona. Tonight from 19.00 and tomorrow 12.00 are the central festive events with a limited number of participants.
Visitors’ stays in the Sacred Square during this time will be divided into sectors to ensure distance between people. The entire territory of the Aglona Basilica will be demarcated during the festival and controlled by the representatives of the responsible institutions.
Svētavots will also be enclosed and located partly outside the festival area, providing access to it both from inside and outside the area.
Priest Rinalds Stankevičs: On the course of the festivalKarina Važnaja
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Priest Rinalds Stankevičs, the head of the Aglona Festival Organizing Committee, said that “on Friday, when we celebrate St. Meinard’s Day, and later we will start celebrating the vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the services start at 9.00 in the morning, this Mass is 12.00, this is a special Mass. intends of pilgrims who have measured the way on foot from different parts of Latvia to Aglona. And then after this holy Mass, the sacred square at the Aglona Basilica will be closed until 17.00. Preparation of this square will take place, and then at At 17.00 the square will be open and people will be able to gather for the Holy Mass at 19.00, on the Way of the Cross at 22.00 and at the Holy Mass at 23.00. Believers will be admitted to these services with special entrance cards. Subject to national restrictions, ie 3 thousand people. This includes bodyguards, medical staff, priests, choirs, etc. Up to three thousand people will be able to be in the sacred square at the same time. ”
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