Cheri, I'm on my way out and unable to translate it until tomorrow. In any case, heads up to anyone who may do so is that the "observation" regarding the little chapel is indeed what they call it "o Imperio" it looks like a chapel but it's not. This is where they store the Crowns and Flags during the year. There are various "imperios" across the island bearing the name of the respective brother/sisterhood. This building is called "Imperio dos Maritimos" (Empire of the Seamen).
Cheers On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can a someone translate this plaque that Jack (Perry) Matthews saw at the > ermida in Praia da Vitoria on Terceira? I can get the gist of it, but he > wants to put it in a book, so a better translation would be needed. > ==================== > O Império dos Marítimos da freguesia de Santa Cruz, concelho da Praia da > Vitória, Terceira, fica situado no Largo José Silvestre Ribeiro, no local > onde foi outrora a Ermida de São Pedro Gonçalves, e a sua data de > construção remonta ao último quartel do século XIX, ao ano de 1877. > > Esta irmandade celebra a festa em honra do Divino Espírito Santo no > denominado Domingo da Trindade. > O Império dos Marítimos contem imagens e tem a forma de uma capela. Devido > ao pequeno número de irmãos e às dificuldades vigentes, esta irmandade não > tem tido a possibilidade de realizar atividades culturais durante a > semana. Porém, no Domingo da Trindade realiza-se o cortejo do Divino > Espírito Santo, acompanhado por uma filarmónica para a Igreja, onde é > celebrada missa de festa, no fim da qual se realizam as coroações. Neste > dia tiram-se os pelouros e é nomeada a comissão para o ano seguinte. > > No âmbito da festa deste império, realiza-se, no sábado seguinte, uma > tourada à corda. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
