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The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus: his trial, suffering and death. The viewing of and participation in Passion Plays is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations , particularly in the Catholic and Evangelical traditions; as such Passion Plays are often ecumenical ...
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Despite using calendars that are apart by 13 days, Western Easter and Orthodox Easter occasionally fall on the same date, as happened in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2017. For example, according to the Western (Gregorian) calendar, the first Paschal Full Moon after the Spring Equinox (March 21) fell on Monday, April 14, 2014.
These have included The Black Hills Passion Play in Spearfish, South Dakota and The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. [ 1 ] In 1984, Dargatz and Rhodes began to develop The Promise in cooperation with Word Music, Inc. and Kingdom Development Company, making way for a new type of passion play that effectively blended Christian ...
The Easter Sunrise Passion Play started in 1942 and used to be held in the Corpus Christi Marina with spectators watching from the seawall.
Thus a series of dramas originated, which were called Passion Plays, the sufferings of Jesus being their principal subject. Some of them end with the entombment of Christ; in others the Easter Play was added, in order to show the Saviour in His glory; others again close with the Ascension or with the dispersion of the Apostles. But, since the ...
Easter Sunday is almost here (and earlier than usual this year), and along with church services, Easter dinner, and an egg hunt or two, you absolutely must celebrate with music.
With some schedule variation over the centuries, the Esparreguera Passion has been performed every Sunday and holiday, and on some Saturdays from the beginning of Lent until the first week of May, except for Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Monday when there is no performance. It is more than just a theatrical celebration of the passion ...