The annual ceremony of the moving of the relics of St. Foy, in the Abbey Church of St. Foy in Conques, is an elaborate, colorful, and moving occasion. In the first three photos, from the evening before, young people take communion.
The next morning, people lined up to accompany the reliquary as it was taken from the display building into the church. Unfortunately, it was too rainy to take the relics outside, so it was brought into the church by a different path. There was fine choral singing by a visiting choir assisted by the children. And then, finally, the reliquary was paraded through the church as the bishop gave his speech and other church dignitaries listened.
The next morning, people lined up to accompany the reliquary as it was taken from the display building into the church. Unfortunately, it was too rainy to take the relics outside, so it was brought into the church by a different path. There was fine choral singing by a visiting choir assisted by the children. And then, finally, the reliquary was paraded through the church as the bishop gave his speech and other church dignitaries listened.
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