Dalías brings together the hermandades de la Luz at the Lux Mundi congress

Dalías hosts from Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15 the II Congreso Nacional de Advocaciones de la Luz «Lux Mundi», which will bring together brotherhoods, confraternities and researchers from different parts of Spain to share how devotion to Christ and the Virgin under the advocations of the Luz is lived and transmitted. It is organized by the Real y Muy Ilustre Hermandad del Santísimo Cristo de la Luz and the Dalías City Council, with the collaboration of the parish of Santa María de Ambrox, as reported by the Diócesis de Almería. The congress starts on Friday, November 13 at 19:30 at the Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de la Luz with the inauguration. At 20:00, the dean of the Catedral de Almería, Juan José Martín Campos, gives the inaugural lecture. At 20:30 comes the Ceremonia de la Luz in the plaza del Cristo de la Luz and at 21:00 two exhibitions open at the Casino de Dalías: «Lux Christi. Legado de Luz» and another dedicated to the historical and devotional heritage of the Dalías brotherhood.

On Saturday, November 14 the academic sessions cover the history and heritage of these devotions. The 17:00 block pays special attention to the Cristo de la Luz de Dalías, the history of its brotherhood and its cults, the Camino de la Luz and the devotion to the Cristo de la Luz in Fondón. The day ends at 21:00 with a concert by the Coro Cristo de la Luz at the Teatro Municipal. On Sunday, November 15, at 9:30, the canon of the Catedral de Toledo and Mozarabic chaplain Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche gives the closing lecture. At 11:00, the banners of the different devotions of the Luz process to the sanctuary accompanied by the Asociación Músico-Cultural Daliense. There the closing Eucharist is celebrated at 12:00, with the singing of the Coral Valle de Dalías, and at 12:45 the final concert takes place. The bishop of Almería, Antonio Gómez Cantero, is part of the Comité de Honor, whose honorary presidency is held by King Felipe VI. The full congress program includes all the schedules and the detail of the talks.