Sant'Efisio, after the stops at Villa San Pietro and Pula, reached Nora , which tomorrow will be the heart of the celebrations: the culminating moment in the late afternoon with the procession on the beach to relive the moment of martyrdom.
On the pilgrimage the warrior martyr is accompanied by many faithful, the mirror of a devotion that spans time and involves several generations . At all stages prayers and requests for intercession. In the different moments of the homage to the Saint of Elijah a warm welcome.
Also in Nora the warrior martyr, in a family atmosphere, met his people who invoke him as a "powerful protector" , always close to individuals and communities when help is needed in times of difficulty. And tomorrow, Friday 3 May at 11am, in the church, closely linked to the Efisian cult, there will also be a solemn mass celebrated by the bishop of Cagliari Giuseppe Baturi .
Saturday, however, is the day of returning home . At 7.30, from the parish church of San Giovanni Battista in Pula, the journey towards Villa San Pietro, Sarroch, Villa d'Orri, Su Loi, Maddalena Spiaggia will begin. In Giorgino, in the villa owned by the Ballero family, the change of the Saint's chariot and clothes. At dusk the journey towards the capital resumes. The arrival in the city is expected during the night . The simulacrum, accompanied by groups wearing traditional clothes, knights, militiamen, the archconfraternity of Gonfalone and the alter nos Giovanni Ena, returns to the small church of Stampace.
The blessing and solemn reading of the dissolution of the vow by the president of the archconfraternity Andrea Loi are the seal of four intense days, the mirror of an ancient devotion that is renewed every year maintaining an extraordinary strength.
Friday 3 May starting from 10.30am live on Videolina which will also follow the evening procession on Nora beach and, the following day, the return home of Efis Gloriosu .
