ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

LENT

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BASÍLICA OF LEKEITIO
2010 Holy Week

Arrano`s Photo

Palm Sunday

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religious
services
programs
below.

09:00 Spanish

10:00 Solemne

W/ Palm Blessing

11:15 Children

Palm Procesion

12:30 Spanish
Holy Thursday

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TABLE

SPANISH
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Good Friday

TIME

TABLE

EUSKERA

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Above ( Cristo de la Veracruz )
The oldest piece in the Basque Land imported from the New World mid XVI century.

La Pietá

Holy Saturday ..................................................................................

Mid-night

Solemne

Mass: 21:00 hrs

Blessing

of new

light & Water

((foto:Basilica).-Mingorri)
Easter Sunday
Services:

08:oo hrs Procesion.

09:00 Spanish Mass.

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10:30 Solemne Mass by

11:30 Children Mass

12:30 Spanish Mass.

2009-2010

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Merry Christmas & Best Wishes

THE BASÍLICA

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INTRODUCTION.-
An outstanding feature of any old engraving with a view of Lekeitio from the sea is a huge church bristling with pinnacles, buttresses and a tower sited right on the shoreline.
This is The Assumption of Our Lady, one of the best-known religious buildings in Bizkaia.
Records show that the church had been there much time before Lekeitio received its charter as a borough in 1325.

Editor´s foreword:
Building.- Basically, the church consists of three stagered naves in four sections and a polygonal chevet at the centre, the later surrounded by a lower retrochoir.
An array of arches stemming from the lower walls support the balustrade - and pinnacle - festooned main wall, while also reinforcing the considerable staggering between naves. In the higher level of the central nave, pointed arch windows with Gothic-style tracery perforate the grey limestone ashlar walls. On the main wall, a narrow but rather striking gallery, in the form of windows with sills decoreted with blind tracery, runs close to the wall communicating the three naves looking down onto the lower part of the church. One of the finest triforia in the Basque Gothic architecture, it also helps to greatly enliven the walls.

The round freestanding pillars adorned with smaller colums and abutting pilasters stress the Gothic nature of the church, as does the star-shaped webbing in the vaulting. The archivolted west door, a double entrance with two surbased arches split by a mullion bearing an Andra Mari ( statue of Our Lady ) does much to enhance the Gothic feel.
The door is set into a façade blooming with tiny original sculptured decorations.

On the right hand side is the tower, which consists of an ancient shaft that rises to roof level and a more moderm belfry above.

Although this is not the church cosecrated in Lekeitio in 1287, it may well be the one recorded as under construction in 1374. A century later, 1487, it was all but ready for use. It would eventually be completed in the Baroque style with the belfry in 1734. Architect Casto de Zavala´s neo-Gothic retrochoir, wich gives the building so much of its character, was added between 1881-1884.

Similar to other Gothic churches in Bizkaia and the Basque Country as a whole, La Asunción de Nuestra Señora is, in short, an outstanding example of late Gothic.

CONTENT:
Assumptiom of Our Lady
Lekeitio´s Basilica
Basilica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
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Andra Mariaren Zeruratzea
Berriak
Antiguako Ama
Lekeitioko kampaien deia
Lekeitioko Basilika
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Basilica de Lequeitio

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Le Basilique
Lequeitio
Sacramentos
Agrupaciones
La Antigua
Instrumentos
Exposición
Andra Mari
Cosas de la parroquia
Oficina
Anuncios
Material
Oración
Enlaces
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Asunción de Nuestra Señora Semana Santa 2009
Liturgia del domingo
Lekeitio basilica gotica
Lekeitxo
Coro Basilica
Conciertos
Rincón de musica
Nuestra Señora de la Antigua
Basilica de Lekeitio
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a/-: Comarca Lea-Artibai
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b/-: Amanecer en la atalaya
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c/-: Basilica Sacrosanta
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d/-: Nuestra Señora de la Antigua
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e/-: Lekeito en el arte
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f/-: Componentes monumentales
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g/-: Ese dia tán especial
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h/-: Retablo Gótico-flamigero
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i/-: Conjunto interior

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El Rincón de los más Jovenes

"" El Cofre del Corsario ""

Mapa:
.......... Mares del Caribe

Concert & Sea Sounds

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Dirigido por Ion Ugarriza, Edurne Eguia y El Coro Amillena.

2008-2009

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From Basilica Lekeitio Gazte Tokia our best

SEASON GREETINGS

" Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus, laid down His sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.....
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask
Thee to stay,
Close by me forever, and love me,
I pry....."

¡ May the Lord´s blessings be with you......

on Christmas & always !

GOTHIC-FLEMISH

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2007 NEWS

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What is Baptism?
”Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as children of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: Baptism is a sacrament of regeneration through water in the word.” Through baptism, we become part of the royal, priestly people of God, called to holy lives of prayer and service.

BAPTISM OF YOUNG CHILDREN:
Although born in New York,
but as her brother Patrick couple of years back,
Alexandra Eriete Russell Laga, was baptised in our Basilica
by Rev. Benito Anzola on January 20, 2007.
Congratulations to her happy parents & grandparents .

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OTHER
JOSUNTZUETA´S
GALLERIES

Events in the interior like: WEDDING`GALLERY

BASILICA´s EXTERNAL GALLERY

Strool down the old streets to OTHER GALLERIES

2007 CONCERTS: MUSIC FROM THE BASILICA

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LEKEITIO .
Included in the progam of the

VII EDITION OF ORGAN CONCERTS.

The new season, with 12 concerts has starded in
Bilbao.

The ASSUMPTIOM OF SAINT MARY BASILICA with its CAVAILLE-COLL ORGAN ( 1854 ), together with other four towns and the Sinphonic Organ of the
Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao have been selected for
the 2007 edition.
The Nº 7 Concert will take place the 28 of July 2007,
time 20:00 in this basilica in Lekeitio.

Before that, the 21 of July 2007, at the same time 20:00hr.
a benefic Concert will take place at the Basilica.
The Tenor Juan Luis Anasagasti accompained by the pianist
Miguel de Butron will be playing Clasic Italian Music.
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2007 APRIL 28 th
HARP CONCERT
in the BASILICA at 08:00 PM.

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THE XXVIII BBK CHOIR CONCERTS

ASSUMPTION OF SAINT MARY BASILICA

LEKEITIO

Date : March 31 2007
Time: Evening at 20:15

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II LEA - ARTIBAI

INTERNATIONAL

ORGAN FESTIVAL

From february 17 to March 24, 2007

Information at:

garapen@leartibai.org

INSTRUMENTS OF THE BASILICA

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ORGANIST OF BASILICA OF LEKEITIO :-

AITOR OLEA

He was born in Durango (Bizkaia) and began his musical training in Mondragon (Gipuzkoa) studying music theory and piano. In 1987 he joined the Conservatorio Superior de Música of San Sebastian as an official student.
In 1991 he joined the Ecole Nationale de Musique de Bayonne (France). In 1997 he completed his Organ studies and was awarded the “Medaille d’Or” for rendition and sight-reading, as well as the Special Prize. He has attended specialisation and rendition courses for the organ under the teachers Daniel Roth, Louis Robilliard and Jean Boyer.
In 1995 he obtained the Advanced Diploma for Piano at the Conservatorio Superior Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga in Bilbao as an external student. He has given concerts in France (Biarritz, Boceau, Urt, Longué, Puy de Notre Dame…), Germany (Hamburg, Winsen, Büsun, Kröpelin…), England(Newcastle),Italy(Rastiglione,Trivero, ,Grondona and Lobbi),Finland(Ylitornio); in the music seasons: Ciclo de Organistas de Guipúzcoa, Ciclo de Organo del Ateneo Guipuzcoano, Quincena Musical de San Sebastian… Both on the piano and on the organ he has provided accompaniment for a whole host of concerts put on by the Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, the UPV (University of the Basque Country) Choir and the Lausardi Abesbatza.
Since 1988 he has been the organist at the Basilica of Santa Maria La Asunción in Lekeitio (Bizkaia) which has a Cavaillé-Coll organ (1854). In 2001 he validated his organ studies at the Conservatorio Jesus Guridi in Vitoria, where he received an Honourable Mention and the Advanced Teaching Certificate for Organ. He has recorded a number of CDs with the AUS ART Records recording company as part of the collections Organos de Vasconia and 20th Century Basque Organ Music. At the moment he is the Artistic Director of the Lea- Artibai International Organ Festival.

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AsociacionesOrganistas

Duo Haizea.
Instrumental Dou composed of the organista Aitor Olea
and the trumpet player Josu Ayarzaguena.

Christmas 2006

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Basilica de Lekeitio

VISITING HOURS
CHURCH OPEN: working days: 08:00 to 12:00 and 17:00 to 19:30
Sunday and Holydays: 08:00 to 13:00

INFORMATION :Contact.
Church Telephone.: 946840954
E-mail.: basilicalekeitio@mail.com
Web-page: Basilica of Lekeitio
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
" May Peace be your gift this Christmas and your Blessing all year through"

HISTORY

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SACROSANCTA PAROCHIALIS BASILICA LEQUEITIESIS
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The current Church of Saint Mary in Lekeitio replaces an earlier one, possibly Romanesque, consecrated en 1287. The actual one is of the Late Gothic style of the Basque Country, as one may appreciate from the floor plan, the design of the triforium, and the approach to the facade, this temple was erected in several stages and at various times throughout the 15th century.
Since then it has undergone various transformation. It is to that carried out in the 1880´s, financed by Pascual Abaroa, that it owes its present apperence. It was then provided with a new sacristy, an ambulatory, and a large side door, all in the Gothic style, with great sensitivity invested inthe construction. Following this expansion, the Holy See branted it the status of basilica. The bell tower, construction of which also involves a long history, is in the baroque style, of needle shape.
As regards the furnishings in this church, the outstanding item is unquestionably the retable belonging to the main altar. This , Gothic-Flemish of the early 16th century, has recently been restored. In virtue of its dimensions and its polychromy it is the most important in Bizkaia, and one of the most important on the Peninsula. The only retables larger in size are those in the cathedrals at Seville and Toledo.
Two other retables have recently been restored, that of "Nuestra Señora de la Antigua" (title-holder of the original churh) and the institutional retable of the Brotherhood of Seamen of Saint Peter, both baroque and of the 17th century. The Romanesque-Byzantine image of the "Virgen de la Antigua"on the first of those retables must date from the late 12th centurt, even though the legend should lay claims to a greater age.
In the Chapel of Santa Ana, today a Parish museum, one may contemplate various pieces earlier distributed about the temple, such as a Spanish-Flemish triptych in polychrone wood, two tombstones(also Spanish-Flemish), and an image of the Trinity, English medieval alabaster, from a niche in Trinity Street, where a exact replica has been installed. There are also various objects of worship on display at the entrance to the sacristy.
Also to be found in the church are an organ and a harmoniun, both Neo-Gothic.
The organ is a Cavaille-Coll that was given to the twon in 1854 by Jose Javier de Uribarren, as the harmonium in 1855. Both are still in use, and it is possible to listen on Sundays (at 10:00 mass the organ & 12:30 the harmonium).