The Archbrotherhood of Vera Cruz of Cordoba has just added to its heritage a temple that will serve to further strengthen the veneration it offers to the Lignum Crucisto the fragment of the Cross of the Lord that he preserves, but also to the Blessed Sacrament.
The Palm Sunday Society already owns the piece, made of mahogany and silver by the Cordovan goldsmith. Manuel Valera Baroque style and has Eucharistic symbologybecause Vera Cruz is a sacramental brotherhood.
Thus, there are many ears of corn and vine leaves that refer to the bread and wine consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. There are also brooches with green stoneswhich is the color of the True Cross. The work, still unfinished, is crowned by a canopy as a domewith Solomonic columns, which houses a golden cross.
It is the representation of Santa Vera Cruz, owner of the brotherhood, and to whom the annual cults are now dedicated, coinciding with the feast of the Exaltation of the CrossThe brotherhood will continue to enrich this piece in the future.
Above, the dome that crowns the temple. Below, different parts of its size
The veneration of sacred tree This is manifested in several ways in the life of the Vera Cruz brotherhood. First of all, on its guiding cross, which is not a badge, but a support, and that is why, when leaving the temple, the national anthem is played, as are the steps of the Lord of Kings and the Virgin of Sweet name.
In addition, for some years now, the brotherhood has had a Lignum Crucis, which is carried during the Palm Sunday procession, at the request of a priest. In recent times, we have contributed to enriching the heritage with pieces such as a rostrum to show it better.
New canopy for the cults of Vera Cruz
Furthermore, in the same services, today, the first phase of a new awningwhich will be completed in the following years, and which will serve to give more solemnity to these days. At the moment when you see the frontalwhile waiting to have the sculpted part.
