This is how the veneration of the Christ of Medinaceli will be at the Santiago church in Malaga: these are the schedules

One of the most significant events of Lent in Málaga takes place every first Friday of March at the central parish of Santiago, where the image of Jesus of Medinaceli has been venerated since 1939. This Friday, the temple on Granada street will be open from eight in the morning until ten-thirty at night to accommodate the thousands of devotees who will pass in front of the image to comply with the custom of depositing three coins.

Masses will be held at 10 AM, 12 PM, 7:30 PM, and 9 PM, according to the events scheduled by the group of devotees who are in charge of the worship of this image. The rosary will also be prayed at 11 AM and 6:30 PM, and readings from the Passion of Christ will take place at 1 PM and 8:15 PM.

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Why are three coins deposited before Christ of Medinaceli?

The origin of the devotion to Jesus of Medinaceli dates back to the late 17th century when, as if another Christian captive in the hands of the Saracens, the image was recovered by the Trinitarian friars, who turned it into one of their most important and prestigious devotional references. Although this specific event is well established historically and documentarily, popular lore added fabricated elements to the chronicle, most of which are indebted to the text of a verse comedy written in 1776 by the Trinitarian religious Juan de Jesús María.

Tradition of the three coins

In its simplest version, one of these crafted legends tells how the Moors who had it in their possession asked the religious for its price in gold and it happened that, with only three pieces, the scale on which it was placed balanced miraculously. Hence the custom of depositing three coins in the annual visit to the Lord, formulating a wish for each one, of which, it is believed, one will be granted. Although it was one of the first churches founded by the Catholic Monarchs in Málaga, it was not until the 1950s that the devotion to Christ of Medinaceli was established in Santiago.

Additionally, this Friday, the image of Jesus of the Rescue, at the sanctuary of La Victoria, will be especially venerated from 10 AM to 7 PM (the Lenten triduum dedicated by its brotherhood will begin at 8:30 PM); Jesus of Health, which has been in besamanos (kissing of the hand) since this Wednesday from 5:30 PM to 8 PM at the parish of Virgen Milagrosa and San Dámaso Papa, in El Molinillo (it can be venerated this Friday from 10:30 AM to 1 PM and from 5:30 PM to 8 PM, with mass at 7 PM); and Christ of Medinaceli at the parish of Santo Tomás de Aquino, in Martiricos, to which a solemn mass will be dedicated at 7 PM. Likewise, the image of Jesus Cautivo will be in besapié after the monthly mass of the brotherhood, at 8 PM, in the parish of San Pablo.