Responsories for Holy Week of the Lord", referring to the Last Supper). Thus the first nine responsories for Holy Week can appear under titles such as "Feria V – In Coena Domini". When the naming is according to the preceding day, names like "Les neuf répons du mercredi saint" (The nine responsories of Holy Wednesday) can occur (Charpentier). The lessons of the first nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from Lamentations 1:1-14 (1:1–5, 1:6–9 and 1:10–14 respectively). The first responsory for Maundy Thursday sets the scene at Mount Olivet (in monte Oliveti), the episode referred to as the Agony of Christ at Gethsemane. The text
Holy Week in Salamanca have been introduced. Nowadays, 10,000 people have joined the fraternities and participate in the processions. In 2003 Holy Week in Salamanca was declared "Fiesta of International Tourist Interest of Spain". Holy Week in Salamanca features a number of distinctive singularities that make this festival specially appealing for visitors. Holy Week in Salamanca Holy Week in Salamanca (Semana Santa de Salamanca) is the most important religious event of Salamanca, Spain. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians). During Holy Week, 16 fraternities feature 22 processions of pasos, floats of realistic wooden sculptures narrating scenes