{"id":11358,"date":"2019-04-19T16:11:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=11358"},"modified":"2019-04-19T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:34:32","slug":"easter-stations-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2019\/04\/19\/easter-stations-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Roman Catholic Easter Pageant Reenacts Jesus\u2019 Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roman Catholics in Boston marked Good Friday today, the prelude to Easter, with a live Stations of the Cross, or passion play, performed in the city\u2019s South End. It was part of annual, traditional Christian remembrances of the government torture and execution of Jesus by being nailed to a cross, in advance of what faithful believe was his resurrection from the dead two days later on Easter.<\/p>\n

The pageant\u2014presented mostly in Spanish and drawing significantly on traditions of the neighborhood\u2019s Puerto Rican and Latin American communities\u2014began with a man playing Jesus being sentenced to death on the steps of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Washington Street, the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and the seat of Cardinal Sean O\u2019Malley (who participated at the beginning of the event).<\/p>\n

A bloodied Jesus was then forced to carry a cross while being marched through neighborhood streets by Roman soldiers\u2014the reenactment called the Stations of the Cross. The men whipped him and shoved him, yelling all the while, \u201cCamina!\u201d (walk). The procession finally circled back to the cathedral, where the group reenacted Jesus\u2019s crucifixion and burial in a cave tomb.<\/p>\n

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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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