Chimayó is perhaps the best-known Good Friday pilgrimage site in New Mexico

20230407-news-pilgrimage-1 — Victoria Trujillo, left, and her daughter Dianne DeLeon of Albuquerque walk along Santa Fe County Road 98 on their way the Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday 2023. It was Trujillo’s 48th year of doing the pilgrimage.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-2 — People visit a cross along NM 503 as they make their Good Friday pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayó, Friday, April 7, 2023.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-8 — Fil Matthew, 11, and his family, from Rio Rancho, carry a wooden cross along Santa Fe County Road 98 on their way the Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday last year.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-7 — Jesus Valdez, from Albuquerque, walks along Santa Fe County Road 98, on his way the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 7, 2023. Thousands of people made the Good Friday pilgrimage to the sacred Northern New Mexico church.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-6 — Ezequiel Reyes, left, and Roberto Gomez, from Albuquerque, catch their breath at a cross on a hill, alongside Santa Fe County Road 98, on their way the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 7, 2023. They have walked from Buffalo Thunder Resort. Thousands of people made the Good Friday pilgrimage to the sacred Northern New Mexico church.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-5 — James Matthews carries a cross along Santa Fe County Road 98 on his way the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 7, 2023. Matthews came from North Carolina to make the pilgrimage. On the cross are blessing and the names of people who have passed. Thousands of people made the Good Friday pilgrimage to the sacred Northern New Mexico church.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-4 — Jaime Gonzales, from Rio Rancho, and other family members carry a 150 pound cross along Santa Fe County Road 98 on their way the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 7, 2023. Thousands of people made the Good Friday pilgrimage to the sacred Northern New Mexico church.

20230407-news-pilgrimage-3 — Thousands of people walk and drive along Santa Fe County Road 98 to get to the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 7, 2023.

20220415-news-pilgrimage-13 — David Gallegos, from Albuquerque, carries a basket with a figure of the Virgin Mary as he waits to enter the Santuario de Chimayo after his Good Friday Pilgrimage, Friday April 15, 2022. Gallegos has carried this basket on his pilgrimage for 25 years, he only changes the flowers each year. The red and blue roses represent the girls and boys who have died due to violence and the white is for their purity.

20220415-news-pilgrimage-12 — Hugo Gonzales, from Santa Fe, stands outside the Santuario de Chimayo after his Good Friday Pilgrimage. He and a group of friends carried two crosses from Buffalo Thunder Resort. After two years of almost no Good Friday Pilgrimage thousands made the trek in 2022 to the northern New Mexico church, Friday April 15, 2022.

20220415-news-pilgrimage-11 — Jorge and Alicia Lozoya, from Santa Fe, wait with hundreds of others to enter the Santuario de Chimayo after their Good Friday Pilgrimage. After two years of almost no Good Friday Pilgrimage thousands made the trek this year to the northern New Mexico church, Friday April 15, 2022.

20220415-news-pilgrimage-10 — After two years of almost no Good Friday pilgrimage due to the pandemic, thousands made the trek to the Santuario de Chimayó in 2022.

20220415-news-pilgrimage-9 — Joshua Romero Roybal, from Albuquerque, carries a cross on his way to the Santuario de Chimayo, Friday April 15, 2022. He and two friends left Sandia Casino on Wednesday to make their pilgrimage to Chimayo.

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Published March 21, 2024 - 8:01 a.m. Modified March 21, 2024 - 7:30 p.m.

Four Good Friday pilgrimages in New Mexico

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From Sunland Park near New Mexico’s border with Mexico to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico, in the days before Easter, the faithful fill highways and hillsides on Good Friday pilgrimages.

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