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What is Good Friday?
Bullit Marquez AP Wednesday, April 20, 2011: A penitent carries a wooden cross around a street of San Fernando city, Pampanga province in northern Philippines, to reenact the sufferings of Jesus Christ and to atone for their sins in observance of Holy Week which culminates in his death on Good Friday. More than a dozen penitents will have themselves nailed on the cross across the country to reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Good Friday, the most solemn day in the Christian calendar, sees a wealth of rituals. (“Good,” in this context, means “holy.”) The “Way of the Cross,” which re-enacts Jesus’s painful procession to various points (“stations”) in Jerusalem on his way to the crucifixion, takes place not only inside churches but in outdoor processions with local people portraying Jesus, Pontius Pilate and the disciples. Sometimes processions pause at real-life locations where violent crimes have occurred, to remind participants of the connection between Jesus’s suffering and those of contemporary men and women.
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on Apr 22, 2011 10:52 AM
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