During Holy Week – the run-up to Easter – theatrical versions of religious narratives abound. Across the world, countless church groups present Easter plays, people join processions and stage tableaux – and since 2010, and come rain or shine, a …

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In 2020, the play will include about 2,350 people, including about 500 children, said Frederik Mayet, an Oberammergau native who will play Jesus in 2020. The cast will span from newborns to a 95-year-old, he said, as well as donkeys, …

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In preparation for Easter celebrations, some Christian congregations honor their faith by sharing the suffering and salvation of Jesus in a way that is both vivid and touching to those believers who witness it. »RELATED: Why is it called Good …

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OBERAMMERGAU, GERMANY.  The year was 1633. Europe was in the midst of the Thirty Years War and the devastating Black Plague that wiped out between a third to a half of the population of Europe. During this time, having already endured 80 …

Oberammergau Passion Play more than a year away. But it’s time to start… Read more »

Students sought donations from friends and family, came up with more than $54,000 Published: November 20, 2018    Our Lady of the Holy Souls School in Little Rock recently completed Arkansas’ first kindness-focused fundraising campaign called Raise Craze. During the …

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