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- First one in 1977 by train. Many since then by foot. Next one ASAP.
Is there a particular day of the year when the O Cebreiro Eucharistic Miracle is celebrated?
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Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?According to Laurie Dennett in Waybread the miracle is (or was) particularly celebrated on 9 September.
I've seen masses of snow on the O Cebreiro webcam at the end of April. Weather is pretty unpredictable. And if God can change bread and wine into physical flesh and blood He/She could probably manage a little local weather anomaly....Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?
On that basis, best not try to figure out why the nailed-on Christian festival dates coincide with many of their pagan precursors.Curious date for an event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?
Perhaps. I suspect the locals just wanted to celebrate the miracle and not have to re-enact it!Maybe the original date clashed with a packed calendar of other local wintry miracles?
I think Bradypus is correct that the people want to celebrate the event and not reenact it. The linked website talks about people from across the region walking to O Cebreiro for the celebration, something that isn't necessarily advisable in mid-winter. There are no claims in the linked article that the celebration is on the same day of the year as the original miracle.Curious date for a event that is said to have occurred in the depths of a snowy winter, eh?
I passed through O Cebreiro in January last year. Beautiful but not to everyone's taste!
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I have to assume you had as much company on the Camino as I experienced back then. (Spoiler alert: Pretty close to zero)