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PHOTOS: 45,000 attend Bruges’ Holy Blood Procession honoring Christ’s relic

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Over 45,000 people, including visitors from the Americas, lined the streets and walked in procession Thursday for the Holy Blood Procession in Bruges, Belgium, which has taken place annually on Ascension Day since May 3, 1304.

The procession depicts how a relic of the Holy Blood of Christ was brought to the West Flemish city following the Crusades.


The vial containing the cloth with the Holy Blood is carried from the basilica by the brotherhood after morning Mass. May 28, 2025. Credit: Thomas P. Reiter
The vial containing the cloth with the Holy Blood is carried from the basilica by the brotherhood after morning Mass. May 28, 2025. Credit: Thomas P. Reiter

Organized by the "Edele Confrèrie van het Heilig Bloed" (Noble Brotherhood of the Holy Blood), this year's procession featured approximately 1,800 participants who reenacted 53 biblical and historical sacred scenes.

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