Basilica of the Holy Blood / Cloth Stained With The Blood Of Jesus Christ.
The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic Basilica in Bruges, Belgium.The basilica is best known as the repository of a venerated phial said to contain a cloth with blood of Jesus Christ
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The Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges, Belgium
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Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges
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Description: Each spring, 30,000 to 45,000 spectators gather in the heart of the Belgian city of Bruges to watch the Procession of the Holy Blood on Ascension Day, forty days after Easter. The colourful pageant dates back to the thirteenth century, when a citizen of Bruges is said to have brought the Relic of the Holy Blood of Jesus Christ back from the Second Crusade. Led by the thirty city notables of the Brotherhood of the Holy Blood and accompanied by brass bands, more than 1,700 citizens on foot, in carts or on horseback perform stories from the Old Testament, the life of Jesus and the history of Bruges. Then, various civic groups venerate the relic and the procession concludes with a prayer ceremony, performed in several languages to accommodate the international audience. For centuries, the ceremony has played an important role in expressing the identity of Brugess inhabitants and in facilitating encounters with people from outside the city. Participants are a representative cross-section of ages, families and communities. Some inhabitants have participated for forty or fifty years, and émigrés often return for Brugess Finest Day. The Procession is a vibrant example of how a collective ceremony can unite a city through ritual enactment of its history and beliefs.
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Holy Blood Basilica Bruges, Belgium | St. Basil Chapel | Holy Blood Church
Points of Interest
The Holy Blood church was built above the existing 12th century chapel.
The chapel was built during the time of the 2nd Crusade, and is the site of the oldest chapel in Bruges.
It is also home to a vial that is reputed to contain the blood of Christ.
The Legend/Myth
Joseph of Arimathea had wiped some of Christ’s blood after his crucifixion and preserved it.
The King of Jerusalem, Baldwin III gave the relic to his borther-in-law Theoderic Count of Flanders. After his return from the 2nd Crusade, Theoderic brought with him a vial which he claimed contained the blood of Christ. The relic arrived in Bruges on April 7, 1150 and it was placed in the chapel.
An alternate theory of it’s arrival is that in 1204 during the 4th Crusade, the army of the Count of Flanders, Baldwin IX sacked Constantinople. It is believe that he may have retrieved the relic and returned it to Bruges. The design of the vial is consistent with other vials that were produced in Constantinople.
St. Basil Chapel
Entry through the left archways
Built in the early 12th century, commissioned by Theoderic Count of Flanders, who fought in the second crusade. The chapel became a home for the vial that reputedly contains the Holy Blood. It’s not known exactly how this vial came in to possession of the Count of Flanders and when it was placed in the chapel.
The chapel also housed the relics of Saint Basil, who lived in Ceasarea, in modern day Isreal, in the 4th Century. Known as “Saint Basil the Great” he was a bishop of the early church and was declared a saint soon after his death. He is remembered for creating guidelines for the monastic life.
The only fully preserved church in the Romanesque style in West Flanders.
Heel was sculpted by De Wispelaere from Bruges and is Mary holding the body of Jesus on her knees.
Madonna with a Child
The Chapel of St. Ives is from 1504 and holds the relics of St. Basil and Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
Charles the Good traveled to the holy land in the early 12th century and was even offered the crown of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but declined it.
He was assassinated while kneeling in prayer under orders of a powerful family that had been involved in price gouging grain during a famine.
Originally the chapel was a private chapel to the count of Flanders, and was accessed from his residence in the current town hall. You can still see the original entrance, here, crowned with a 12th century semi-circular sculpture, called a tympanum, which is the oldest antique sculpture in Bruges. It depicts the baptism of St. Basil.
The baptism is in the Jordan River performed y Maksymilian, Bishop of Jerusalem, with the holy spirit represented as a dove.
Ecce Homo, also referred to as Jesus on a cold stone or Jesus on a small wooden plinth, is a sculpture of pine trees by D’Hondt from Bruges that was made around 1900. You’ll notice that there are worn areas on the sculpture due to believers rubbing the sculpture.
Staircase
They were built in the Renaissance style in 1533.
Vaulted ceiling & stained glass
Holy Blood Church
The church was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style just as the chapel below.
It was then rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 15th century.
The church was heavily damaged in the 16th century and then in 1795 during the French Revolution.
In 1829 it was rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style. It was in 1923 that Pope Pius XI gave the chapel and church the title of Minor Basilica.
The main altar is decorated with bas-relief from the 17th century and depicts the last supper.
The large painting behind the altar is the Mystery of the Cross and is from 1905.
On the upper part Jesus is dying on the cross with Bethlehem and Jerusalem in the background.
The lower part depicts the relics being transported with the blood of Christ from Jerusalem to Bruges. On the left is the collection of the relic by Theoderic Count of Flanders from King Baldwin III of Jerusalem. While on the right he is delivering the relic to a priest while next to the Countess of the Sybil of Anjou.
Bruges Church of the Holy Blood
rrz518 visits the church which houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157, it was promoted to minor basilica in 1923
Holy Blood Procession Bruges, Belgium
Travel Writer Nancy D. Brown, visits Bruges, Belgium and shares some video highlights of the Holy Blood Procession.
Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges, Belgium
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Basilica of the Holy Blood, Brugge
One of my favorite sacred power places! On this trip we were lucky enough to actually see the relic of the holy blood. The relic is said to be the blood of Jesus wiped from his body after the crucifixion by Joseph of Aramathea. On special days you are invited to venerate the relic at a special altar to the right in the video. The person presenting the relic sits behind it, you walk up the stairs to the right and can touch the housing of the relic (actually it's a plastic guard over the crystal vial it's in) and say a prayer or just visit it. I experienced the most amazing energy in this place and it was quite strong as I stood in front of the relic and said a prayer. How wonderful! They were also playing my favorite sacred music, Sicut Cervus by Palestrina. Read more about sacred places at:
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Bells ringing during Procession of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
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