Holy Week here runs on the Byzantine calendar, with liturgies sung in Albanian and Greek. It opens on the evening before Palm Sunday with the Lazëri, a re-enactment of the raising of Lazarus, and builds through the days locals call Java e Madhe, the great week.
Easter Sunday brings the climax: after the pontifical liturgy in the cathedral, women process down Corso Giorgio Kastriota in red silk costumes embroidered with gold, and red eggs — a symbol of resurrection — are handed out in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele. The 2025 edition paired the rites with concerts, exhibitions and events staged by the town hall together with the eparchy and the pro loco.
