It was believed that the Sabbat commenced at midnight and ended at dawn, beginning with a procession, continuing with a banquet, then a Black Mass, and culminating with an orgy in which uninhibited sexual intercourse with demons in male or female form was practiced.

The parade then joined the religious procession and ended at the church.

These officials led the procession ( pompe-πομπή ), which probably ended with a sacrifice of some kind.

On, the day after a general strike burst out in St. Petersburg, Gapon organized a workers ' procession to present a petition to the Tsar, which ended tragically ( Bloody Sunday 1905 ).< ref name =" marx ">< cite > Marxist biographies accessed 22 Jan 2007 </ ref > Gapon's life was saved by Pinchas Rutenberg, who took him away from the gunfire.

The second procession ended at Millennium Square in Leeds city centre, uniting with people from other parts of Leeds for an interfaith vigil.

He died in 1827 and his funeral procession, which started at Homebush and ended at Parramatta, was attended by 150 mourners.

Religious celebrations were usually preceded by a procession which ended in the church.

After the cholera epidemic that killed Gabriel's sister ended, Spoleto clergy and civic authorities organised a procession of the ancient icon of the Virgin Mary in Spoleto ’ s cathedral.

Once the procession has ended, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem or another Orthodox Archbishop recites a specific prayer, removes his robes and enters alone into the sepulchre.

This procession commenced at the Red Porch and ended at the church doors, where the presiding prelate and other bishops blessed the Tsar and his consort with holy water and offered them the Holy Cross to kiss.

The event, a mockery of the Queen's river procession planned for two days later, ended in chaos.

The local artisans, camameros and florists of the province of Camarines Norte joined together in cooperation with the local government of Labo and the Diocese of Daet for the preparation of this event, from the exhibition ended with Marian procession.

Every summer, after classes have ended, there is usually a large procession of all the students moving around the area as they travel home, getting progressively smaller as each student arrives at his home.

He was a very popular priest, and led the Hussite procession through the streets of Prague that ended in the First Defenestration of Prague, which was one of the events that triggered the Hussite Wars.

Charles Breasted remembers that, before unpacking his bag, he telephoned his bootlegger with a generous order, and almost at once `` the familiar procession of people began milling through our living room at any hour between two P.M. and three A.M. ''.

As the afternoon sped toward evening, the suite saw a steady procession of Paxton aides pass in and out, each with his own special problem.

Listening for hours to his laments that the war and `` Mist Fair's '' poverty afterwards had robbed the mare of many a racing triumph, and to his predictions of greatness for the procession of foals to come, Jenny could look forward to years of conflict with an animal who disliked her intensely and showed it.

*(( Hollinshed )) in his oft fanciful history of England stated that at Alexander III's wedding, a horrible monster, mostly skeleton but with raw flesh, appeared at the end of the procession and caused the wedding to be hurriedly concluded.

On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.

Later, Lo interrupts Jen's wedding procession, begging her to come away with him.

The family procession was headed by Vespasian and Titus, while Domitian, riding a magnificent white horse, followed with the remaining Flavian relatives.

Leaders of the Jewish resistance were executed in the Forum Romanum, after which the procession closed with religious sacrifices at the Temple of Jupiter.

In her wedding procession, she arrived to Poland with Christian clergymen, among them possibly Jordan, the first Bishop of Poland ( since 968 ).

At this point Athena led a procession accompanying them to their new abode, with the escort now addressing them as " Semnai " ( Venerable Ones ), as they will now be honored by the citizens of Athens and ensure the city's prosperity.

As part of the funeral procession, they carried the bathtub in which Marat had been murdered as well as a shirt stained with Marat ’ s blood.

A dejected procession, numbering some 4, 000 according to most of the sources, such as Hills or Jackson filed out of the Land Port with Queen Isabella's banner at their head, and led by the Spanish Governor, Diego de Salinas, the Spanish garrison, with their three brass cannon, the religious orders, the city council and all those inhabitants who did not wish to take the oath of allegiance to Charles III as asked by the terms of surrender.

The day started with a procession of eight trains setting out from Liverpool.

It shows Ptolemy and his wife or sister Arsinoe III standing beside a seated poet, flanked by figures from the Odyssey and Iliad, with the nine Muses standing above them and a procession of worshippers approaching an altar, believed to represent the Alexandrine Homereion.

Adult women — those who are married or who run a household — would stay home to welcome the Brighid procession, sometimes with an offering of coins or a snack.

Caesar and Cleopatra celebrated their victory with a triumphal procession on the Nile in the spring of 47 BC.

On each day of the holiday other than Shabbat, these are waved in association with the recitation of Hallel in the synagogue, then walked in a procession around the synagogue called the Hoshanot.

* 1982 – During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.

A procession with great pomp and circumstance formed from the Sistine Chapel to St. Peter's Basilica, with the newly elected pope borne in the sedia gestatoria.

A procession of horses, with St. Marcin at the head, parades along St Marcin Street, in front of The Imperial Castle.

In Thoinot Arbeau's French dance manual, it is generally a dance for many couples in procession, with the dancers sometimes throwing in ornamentation ( divisions ) of the steps ( Arbeau 1967, 59 – 66 ).

They went in procession from city to city, clad in white garments, with faces hooded, and wearing on their backs a red cross, following a leader who carried a large cross.

Palm Sunday procession, Moscow, with Tsar Alexis of Russia | Alexei Michaelovich ( painting by Vyacheslav Gregorievich Schwarz, 1865 )

Usually a pathway is left between pews in the center to allow for a procession ; some have benchlike cushioned seating, and hassocks or footrests, although more traditional, conservative churches usually have neither cushions nor footrests.

There is also a mace holder, the Chief Steward ( responsible for College Security ) or his deputy, who proceeds the Caput in a procession.

Based on the early 18th century corridor of Edward Lovett Pearce in the former Parliament House on College Green, it features a marching procession of vaults and arches which were originally top-lit.

Officers of the College of Arms riding in procession to the Tournament ( medieval ) | Westminster Tournament, from a tourney roll, made during the reign of King Henry VIII in 1511.

During their procession they are led by members of the College of Arms in their tabards, the Military Knights of Windsor and contingents of the Sovereign's Bodyguard.

During the Coronation Ceremony, members of the College form part of the Royal procession as it enters Westminster Abbey.

The members of the College walk in the procession in virtue of them being Her Majesty's " Kings, Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms of England.

The heraldic funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1603, depicting some the heralds of the College of Arms, each carrying a piece of the Sovereign's armour

Defying this, the students of University of Dhaka and Dhaka Medical College and other political activists started a procession on February 21, 1952.

At some institutions, Encaenia is the evening shortly before commencement on which the College honors the graduating class with awards and prizes following a procession of candidates and faculty in academic regalia, often joined by trustees and administrators.

The center of the event is the procession of a dragon, created by first-year architecture students at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, past the College of Engineering and into the Arts Quad.

Defying this, the students of University of Dhaka and Dhaka Medical College and other political activists started a procession on February 21, 1952.