{"id":181778,"date":"2020-07-23T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/?p=181778"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:38:35","slug":"o-sagrado-e-as-gentes-alenquer-o-berco-das-festas-do-espirito-santo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/o-sagrado-e-as-gentes-alenquer-o-berco-das-festas-do-espirito-santo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abO Sagrado e as Gentes\u00bb: Alenquer, o ber\u00e7o das festas do Esp\u00edrito Santo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tradi\u00e7\u00e3o remonta ao s\u00e9culo XIV e espalhou-se pelos cinco continentes<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181780\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181780 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/101654478_3294047373953295_3861174826009886720_o-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festas do Esp\u00edrito Santo, Foto: Munic\u00edpio de Alenquer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alenquer, 23 jul 2020 (Ecclesia) \u2013 A vila de Alenquer, no Patriarcado de Lisboa, assume-se como o \u201cber\u00e7o\u201d das festas do Esp\u00edrito Santo, ali institu\u00eddas pela Rainha Santa Isabel e o seu marido, o rei D. Dinis, em 1321.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Costa, vice-presidente da C\u00e2mara Municipal de Alenquer, disse \u00e0 Ag\u00eancia ECCLESIA que esta \u201cgrande manifesta\u00e7\u00e3o religiosa e popular\u201d se expandiu pelo mundo, atrav\u00e9s de v\u00e1rias comunidades de emigrantes portugueses.<\/p>\n<p>O entrevistado destaca o trabalho conjunto realizado nos \u00faltimos anos para \u201co engrandecimento deste culto e destas festas\u201d, que j\u00e1 levou \u00e0 gemina\u00e7\u00e3o com a cidade de Angra do Hero\u00edsmo (ilha Terceira) e ao estabelecimento de um protocolo cultural com o Munic\u00edpio de Ponta Delgada (S\u00e3o Miguel).<\/p>\n<p>O projeto passa agora pela constitui\u00e7\u00e3o de uma \u201cRede Mundial das Cidades do Esp\u00edrito Santo\u201d, para criar la\u00e7os entre as v\u00e1rias comunidades, promovendo projetos \u201cde estudo, de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, de partilha\u201d sobre as festas, que sirvam de inspira\u00e7\u00e3o para uma transforma\u00e7\u00e3o da sociedade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUma sociedade mais respons\u00e1vel, que olhe primeiro para o outro\u201d, acrescenta Rui Costa.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-181778 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/o-sagrado-e-as-gentes-alenquer-o-berco-das-festas-do-espirito-santo\/18738693_1567501269941256_966842290739759429_o\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/18738693_1567501269941256_966842290739759429_o-390x260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-181783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/18738693_1567501269941256_966842290739759429_o-390x260.jpg 390w, 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390px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181782'>\n\t\t\t\tFoto: Munic\u00edpio de Alenquer\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Em Alenquer, e ap\u00f3s longa interrup\u00e7\u00e3o, a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o material dos edif\u00edcios da antiga Casa do Esp\u00edrito Santo (Igreja e Arcada), propriedade atual da Santa Casa da Miseric\u00f3rdia local, veio possibilitar a restaura\u00e7\u00e3o das Festas do Imp\u00e9rio, em 2007.<\/p>\n<p>O vice-presidente da C\u00e2mara Municipal de Alenquer presta homenagem ao \u201cpadre Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Martins\u201d, de Alenquer, j\u00e1 falecido, e o atual cardeal-patriarca de Lisboa, D. Manuel Clemente, no seu papel pela recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de um \u201cs\u00edmbolo da identidade local\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs festas renovaram-se, reinventaram-se\u201d, assinala Rui Costa.<\/p>\n<p>Entre a P\u00e1scoa e o domingo de Pentecostes, 50 dias depois, a vila de Alenquer transforma-se anualmente, \u201cnum movimento fant\u00e1stico, de um enorme sentido comunit\u00e1rio da popula\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d, envolvendo mais de 1500 volunt\u00e1rios, durante v\u00e1rios meses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>S\u00e3o um momento de grande beleza, de grande manifesta\u00e7\u00e3o de f\u00e9, mas acima de tudo num momento de eleva\u00e7\u00e3o de valores fundamentais, defendidos j\u00e1 no s\u00e9culo XIV pela Rainha Santa: o di\u00e1logo, a partilha, a fraternidade\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Em 2020, Alenquer celebrou as festas do Esp\u00edrito Santo, \u201cno estrito cumprimento das normas de sa\u00fade p\u00fablica em vigor\u201d, no domingo de Pentecostes, que marcou o regresso da celebra\u00e7\u00e3o comunit\u00e1ria da Missa.<\/p>\n<p>A autarquia ofereceu a todas as pessoas que estiveram presentes \u201co p\u00e3o do Esp\u00edrito Santo\u201d, simbolicamente.<\/p>\n<p>A sopa de carne, acompanhada pelo p\u00e3o e pelo vinho, \u00e9 a base do Bodo das Festas do Imp\u00e9rio do Divino Esp\u00edrito Santo de Alenquer.<\/p>\n<p>Ao longo do m\u00eas de julho, de segunda a sexta-feira, a Ag\u00eancia ECCLESIA divulga um lugar onde \u201cO Sagrado e as Gentes\u201d se cruza, seja viv\u00eancia de festas e romarias, na preserva\u00e7\u00e3o do patrim\u00f3nio ou na divulga\u00e7\u00e3o de tradi\u00e7\u00f5es e culturas religiosas, nomeadamente as que se encontram entre as finalistas \u00e0s 7 maravilhas da cultura popular.<\/p>\n<p><em>OC<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_99246\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cs_5tTT02AU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=pt&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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