Ostergrab Oberperfuss

Oberperfuss, Tyrol

In the parish church of Oberperfuss, the Easter Sepulchre is set up every year on Maundy Thursday. The upper left side altar is draped with violet cloths, and below it, the closed 1.5 m long and 80 cm wide Easter Sepulchre is framed with colorful glass spheres. The entombment takes place during the Good Friday liturgy. In the late afternoon of Holy Saturday, the cloths are removed for the solemn Easter Vigil with a light procession, revealing the altarpiece of Maria Immaculata, flanked on the left by St. Isidor, on the right by St. Notburga, and in the pinnacle by St. Michael. In the lower part of the altar, the open Easter Sepulchre, beautifully adorned with the body of Christ, is then visible.