Holy Week And Easter
Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 3212
Joe Sanchez hangs on the cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus at Our Lady of Sorrows Church outside El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico, on April 22, 2011. (Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi)
Franc Grom displays one of his special Easter eggshells drilled with more than 20,000 holes in Stara Vrhnika, some 50 kilometers from Ljubljana, Slovenia, on April 22, 2011. Grom, a 70-year old Slovenian craftsman, has been making Easter eggshells into ornaments for the last 18 years. (Hrvoje Polan/AFP/Getty Images)
Penitents takes part in the El Rico brotherhood procession during Holy Week in Malaga, Spain, on April 20, 2011. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
Penitent Ruben Eniaje holds up two of the custom-made three-inch stainless steel nails that will be used for his crucifixion on Good Friday in Cutud, San Fernando Pampanga, in northern Philippines on April 21, 2011. Dozens of penitents were crucified on wooden crosses on Good Friday as part of their annual reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. (Reuters/Erik de Castro)
Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter Vigil Papal mass on Holy Saturday on April 23, 2011, at St Peter's Basilica at The Vatican. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman runs as men throw water at her as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Holloko, Hungary, 100 km (62 miles) east of Budapest, on April 14, 2011. Locals from the World Heritage village of Holloko celebrate Easter with this traditional [watering of the girls], a tribal fertility ritual rooted in the area's pre-Christian past. (Reuters/Laszlo Balogh)
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City on April 23, 2011. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
Christian pilgrims pray at Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Coptic Orthodox Christians attend mass on Easter Sunday in Cairo, Egypt, on April 23, 2011. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
A penitent from the San Gonzalo brotherhood walks toward a church to take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, on Monday, April 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A child dressed as an angel lifts the veil over a statue of Mother Mary during an Easter mass outside St. Domingo Church in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines, on April 24, 2011. The traditional Salubong mass reenacts the meeting of the Risen Christ and the sorrowful Mother Mary on the dawn of Easter Sunday. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of an Orthodox community take part in an Easter service at a church in the village of Poteryaevka, some 200 km (124 miles) southwest of the city of Barnaul in Russia's Altai region, on April 24, 2011. (Reuters/Andrei Kasprishin)
A man performs as a devil during a Holy Week Via Crucis in Masaya, Nicaragua on Thursday, April 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A penitent from the San Gonzalo brotherhood walks toward a church to take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, on Monday, April 18, 2011. (Reuters/Marcelo del Pozo)
People participate in [Los Encadenados], or "The Chained Ones] procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Masatepe, Nicaragua on Friday, April 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Spanish legionnaires sing an anthem as they carry a statue of the Christ of Mena during the Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, April 21, 2011. (Reuters/Jon Nazca)
An actor dressed as a demon whips a resident during a ceremony as part of religious activities to mark the start of Holy Week in Texistepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador on April 18, 2011. Participants receive lashes from the actors, also know as Talciguines, as punishment for their sins. (Reuters/Luis Galdamez)
Bernadette Saavedre walks along the side of the road as she makes her pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico April 23, 2011. Thousands of people walk to the little chapel over Easter weekend, where they believe the dirt inside holds the power to heal, some from as far away as Mexico and Colorado. (Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi)
Frank Simmonds carries the cross in the Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge on April 22, 2011 in New York City. The traditional Catholic procession on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ahead of Sunday's Easter holiday. (Daniel Barry/Getty Images)
A girl wearing a traditional mantilla dress takes part in the procession of [Gitanos] brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian city of Malaga, southern Spain, April 18, 2011. (Reuters/Jon Nazca)