By Jellyn GuecoIt was at 3 p.m. on a nondescript Thursday afternoon when I first met Ruben Enaje, the man renowned for having been crucified 35 times. Talking with him face to face, I barely recognized him—his long hair tied up behind his head, and his salt-and-pepper beard giving him a somewhat...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (AFP) – Catholic zealots in the Philippines re-enacting the last moments of Jesus Christ were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped themselves bloody in extreme displays of religious devotion on Good Friday.AN ACTOR portrays Jesus Christ in a ‘senakulo’...
The city government of San Fernando, Pampanga is all set for this year’s Maleldo (Holy Week) rites on Good Friday, March 29.CARPENTER Ruben Enaje being nailed to the cross on Good Friday. (Ruben Enaje FB) The three participating barangays in the annual reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (AFP) – Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
DEVOTEE Ruben Enaje (center) performs his 34th re-enactment of the crucifixion of...
Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
DEVOTEE Wilfredo Salvador who took part in the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday poses for a...
The Lenten tradition of self-flagellation and crucifixion by some devotees at a century-old Catholic Chapel in Bgy. Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan drew thousands of the faithful as well as local and foreign tourists on Good Friday, April 7.
The first man to be nailed on a wooden cross was...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – An estimated 30,000 people are expected to witness the “Maleldo,” the renowned Lenten tradition here on Good Friday highlighted by the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by dozens of penitents as thanksgiving for favors or vow of sacrifice.
A...
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LUKE 22:14—23:56
... When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” They divided his garments by casting lots. The...
