Photos: Good Friday Around the World
March 29, 2013
Indonesian Catholics take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday on March 29, 2013 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Catholics make up approximately 3% of the population of the predominantly Muslim country. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 164905942 )
Filipino penitent Ruben Enaje, center, who has portrayed as Jesus Christ for 27 times, is nailed on the cross as he leads others in a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday rituals on March 29, 2013 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. Several Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death, an annual rite rejected by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Crucifixions )
Indian Christian devotees pray as a man dressed as Jesus Christ, unseen, carries a cross while reenacting Jesusà path to crucifixion on Good Friday in Gauhati, India, Friday, March 29, 2013. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ( APTOPIX India Good Friday )
Indonesian catholics kisses a statue of Jesus during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday on March 29, 2013 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Catholics make up approximately 3% of the population of the predominantly Muslim country. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 164905985 )
Pakistani Christians attend a special Good Friday service at a Church in Peshawar on March 29, 2013. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images ( 518536421 )
Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 29, 2013 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 50 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 164906413 )
A Pakistani Christian woman raises her hands as she attends a Good Friday service at Saint Anthony Church in Lahore March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza ( PAKISTAN/ )
A Christian Catholic pilgrim lights a candle inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 29, 2013. Less than 2 percent of the population of Israel and the Palestinian territories is Christian, mostly split between Catholicism and Orthodox streams of Christianity. Christians in the West Bank wanting to attend services in Jerusalem must obtain permission from Israeli authorities. Israel's Tourism Ministry said it expects some 150,000 visitors in Israel during Easter week and the Jewish festival of Passover, which coincide this year. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ( Mideast Israel Palestinians Good Friday )
A man playing the role of Jesus Christ lies on a road beside a cross during a ritual procession re-enacting the death of Jesus in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye ( NIGERIA/ )
Indonesian Christian devotees re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday mass at the church compound in Surabaya in eastern Java island on March 29, 2013 as minority Christians mark Easter amid the rising cases religious intolerance. Local officials in Bekasi ordered congregation to halt service leaving Christian devotees with nowhere to pray this Easter while on March 21, 2013 authorities demolished a church due to lack of permit. Indonesia's 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Rights group said the government has shown no political will to stop cases of intolerance. JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518535316 )
Indonesian Christian devotees conduct a procession re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Magelang town in central Java island on March 29, 2013 as minority Christians mark Easter amid the rising cases of religious intolerance. Local officials in Bekasi ordered a congregation to halt service leaving Christian devotees with nowhere to pray this Easter while on March 21, 2013 authorities demolished a church due to lack of permit. Indonesia's 240 million people identify themselves as Muslim but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Rights group said the government has shown no political will to stop cases of intolerance. Tarko SUDIARNO/AFP/Getty Images ( 518535302 )
Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island, Berwick Upon Tweed, England, Friday, March 29, 2013. For more than 30 years, groups of pilgrims celebrate Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian cross carrying pilgrimage to Holy Island , the pilgrims walk around 100 miles through Northumberland and the Scottish Borders during Holy Week.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell). ( Britain Easter Pilgrimage )
Paris' archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois carries a cross as he takes part in a Way of the Cross in Paris, in front of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Montmartre district, on March 29, 2013, to celebrate Good Friday. JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images ( 518535446 )
Pilgrims hold crosses during the final leg of the Northern Cross pilgrimage to Holy Island in Northumbria, northern England March 29, 2013. For more than thirty years Christians have taken part in the pilgrimage to Holy Island, walking through Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, during Holy Week. REUTERS/David Moir ( BRITAIN/ )
A member of the Italian community playing the role of Jesus takes part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt, March 29, 2013. Thousands of spectators watched the yearly Passion Play performed by about 100 laity actors. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach ( GERMANY-EASTER/ )
An Indonesian catholic woman cries as she kisses a statue of Jesus during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday on March 29, 2013 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Catholics make up approximately 3% of the population of the predominantly Muslim country. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 164906527 )
Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 29, 2013 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 50 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 164906408 )
Indian people watch as a man dressed as Jesus Christ, unseen, carries a cross while reenacting Jesusà path to be crucified during Good Friday procession in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 29, 2013. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) ( India Good Friday )
A man playing the role of Jesus carries a cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Good Friday during Holy Week, in Jerusalem's Old City March 29, 2013. Christian worshippers retraced the route Jesus took along Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Baz Ratner ( PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/ )
Indonesian Catholics participate in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday on March 29, 2013 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Catholics make up approximately 3% of the population of the predominantly Muslim country. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 164905943 )
Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island on April 29, 2013 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. More than 50 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) ( 164906886 )
An American pilgrim from 'The Hope of Glory' order reenacts the Passion of Christ along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on on March 29, 2013 in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel. Good Friday is celebrated by Christians throughout the world as the day Christ was crucified on the cross in the lead up to his resurrection on Easter. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 164906966 )
Penitents carry a sculpture of the crucifixion during a procession for Good Friday on the southern island of Procida in Naples' gulf on March 29, 2013. The 'Misteri' floats', depicting scenes from the Bible, are carried in the streets during the annual procession which started in 1627. MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images ( 518535979 )
A Filipino penitent who is nailed to a wooden cross is raised by actors portraying Roman soldiers during Good Friday rituals on March 29, 2013 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. Several Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death, an annual rite rejected by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Crucifixions )
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