There is nothing like going through the Lenten Season during the pre-Internet age in the Philippines. I kid you not when I say that as children of the late 70s to 80s, we instinctively felt the season in our bones. …
As a student studying abroad in the Czech Republic, I’ve had to acclimate to numerous foreign traditions and customs. But the strangest one to date, I would have say, is the country’s Easter holiday traditions, which involves lightly whipping young girls. But the Czech Republic …
Andrey Nemzer’s soaring voice announced the sad news to the full house in the St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica. “Es ist vollbracht” — “It is finished” — the countertenor sang during a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion.” Bach’s two-hour-long masterpiece …
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Oberammergau – Bis zur nächsten Passion in Oberammergau bleiben etwas mehr als vier Jahre. Nun werden die Weichen gestellt – zum Beispiel in puncto Kartenverkauf. Schon jetzt gibt es im Gemeinderat politischen Streit um das Budget der Passion Oberammergau. 2010 hat es rund …
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The Wintershall cast and animals will re-create their annual Passion and resurrection play of Jesus’ last days in the heart of the capital, Trafalgar Square. Charlotte de Klee has produced the Wintershall Passion Plays which will showcase on Good Friday. …
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Easter in Brazil One of the biggest carnivals in the world happens in Rio de Janeiro at the Mardi Gras or Shove Tuesday celebrations to start Lent. The streets are filled, over several days leading up to Shrove Tuesday, with …
Oberammergau is the site of the famed Passion Play, first staged in 1634 and now performed every ten years (next in 2020). St Columba’s in the Parish of All Saints, Blackbutt South, is the home of amateur performers, “Bright Sparks”, …
Buy Photo North Florida Baptist Church during a previousl dress rehearsal for its annual Passion Play.(Photo: Democrat files)Buy Photo In the late 1300s in Germany and France, cities as we now think of them, were developing. People of all classes …
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During the Easter season in 1879, the biggest theatrical controversy in San Francisco history erupted. For weeks, all anyone talked about was whether a play depicting the life of Jesus titled “The Passion” should be banned. Article source: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-passionate-1879-battle-over-The-Passion-6922896.php
Easter Mysteries is an original, musical theater production about Christ’s death and resurrection, seen through the lens of his disciples and followers. It is the first Passion Play ever told from Peter’s perspective, with iconic biblical characters portrayed by an …
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