A highlight in the life of Christians in Eure-et-Loir, the procession of the Assumption saw the participation of approximately 1,500 people, this Tuesday, August 15, who followed, in the songs of prayers, the relic of the veil from Marie.
The procession for the veil of Mary in the streets of Chartres
“A veil venerated since 876, when it was offered to the cathedral by Charles the Bald”.
According to religious authorities (empty)
A procession “open to all, believers and non-believers”
Part of the Saint-Aignan church, too small to contain all those who came to participate in the recitation of a rosary, the procession criss-crossed the streets of the city center to the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral. The ceremony ended with the renewal of the oath of Louis XIII, who consecrated France to the Virgin Mary, in 1638. The tradition of the procession dates back to this date. The procession for “the veil of Mary” in the streets of Chartres, this Tuesday, August 15.
Along the way, the procession, made up of the clergy, nuns, Knights of Notre-Dame, the faithful, among others, stopped off at Place des Épars where the Bishop of Chartres blessed the city, which it count of people and those who serve those people and the country. Monsignor Christory did not fail to indicate that this procession for “the veil of Mary” was “open to all, believers and non-believers”.
The prelate also wished to associate with the prayers of the ceremony, “those who serve us in many ways…”, such as the health professions, those who accompany the elderly or even the police, including the police and the soldiers of the Sentinel force who secured, by their presence, the religious demonstration.
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Chemcha Rabhi
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