Tuesday 14 April 2009

Good Friday Around The World

People participate in the Stations of the Cross during a Good Friday procession in the Little Italy neighbourhood of New York City.

A group of actors perform the Via Crucis in the municipality of Livingston, Izabal, about 300km north of Guatemala City.


A Christian church remains standing surrounded by demolished buildings in a neighbourhood due for redevelopment in Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province.


A Christian art student prepares for his role as Jesus in re-enacting the stations of the cross during a Good Friday mass at the Cathedral of Jakarta, Indonesia.


Christian devotees carry posters of Jesus as they take part in a Good Friday procession in Amritsar, India.


Devotees take part in the "Christ the Saviour" brotherhood procession of the Holy Week on the beach in Valencia, Spain.


A devotee in the role of Jesus and other actors perform the Stations of the Cross during the Good Friday procession in Bensheim, Germany.


A devotee in the role of Jesus and other actors perform the Stations of the Cross during the Good Friday procession in Bensheim, Germany.


Christian pilgrims carry a cross along Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City.


Christian devotees gather around a scene depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as they attend a Good Friday service at Saint Francis Church in Lahore, Pakistan.

Members of the "La Sanch" brotherhood wearing their "Caparutxas" cone-shape hood attend the Good Friday procession in Perpignan in southwestern France.


Penitents take part in the "Los Dolores" brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Cordoba, Spain.


Penitents wait for the start of the "Los Dolores" brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Cordoba, Spain.

A woman looks at a statue of Jesus during the "Los Dolores" brotherhood procession of the Holy Week in Cordoba, Spain.


A woman looks at a statue of Jesus during the "Los Dolores" brotherhood procession of the Holy Week in Cordoba, Spain.


Penitents in traditional costume play trumpets, as a statue of Christ is carried during the "I Giudei" Good Friday procession through the streets of San Fratello in northern Sicily, Italy.


A statue of Christ is carried through the streets of San Fratello in northern Sicily, Italy.


Christians perform a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross during ceremonies marking Good Friday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.


Faithfuls are pictured during Pope Benedict XVI's prayers while leading the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) on Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.


Devotees carry a statue of Jesus as they walk the Via Crucis, or "Way of the Cross," leading about 200 other Catholics through the Dupont Circle neighbourhood of Washington, DC to mark Good Friday.







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