In pictures: after two years Holy Week was celebrated in the church on July 20 in Bogotá

After confinements and restrictions on the mobilization of people due to the new sars-cov-2 coronavirus pandemic had to be experienced in the city and the whole world, in one of the most traditional Catholic temples in Bogotá, the church on July 20 -in the southeast of the city-, once again received hundreds of thousands of people who were on pilgrimage this Holy Week.

“After two years of total closure due to pandemic, the parish opens its doors again to face-to-face. The Church of July 20 is the most visited religious monument in the whole country, about 5 million people visit it annually and that is why they have to know it,” explained Juan Carlos Triana, the mayor of the town of San Cristóbal.

Once again the faces of the fervent parishioners were seen, who, as has been the custom since the middle of the 20th century when the building was erected, come to have their religious symbols blessed. In the town's mayor's office they have an estimated attendance of 100,000 people for this Holy Week.

Precisely one of the most important economic activities of the inhabitants of this sector of southeastern Bogotá is the sale of images and objects for Catholic devotion that are marketed around the church square.

This traditional Catholic building was consecrated in 1942, when construction was completed, in the image of the Divine Child of Prague, so it is also known by that name. The photo shows some of the inhabitants of the sector carrying the religious figures with which they make processions in the neighborhood of the same name.

For this occasion, a whole operation was available to accompany the authorities for the religious activities that would be carried out in the square that is located exactly on the 7th race with 25 sur street. Managers from the mayor's office, police officers and members of emergency agencies participated.

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