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The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: 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 ...
May 3, 2011 · Passion Play: 70 performances on select nights from Good Friday and Saturday thru early November. Click here for schedule. Holy Land Tour: Tours on days Passion Play is performed and by advanced reservation at 2:00pm every day except Sunday and holidays. Gift Shop & Bible Museum: Open 9:00am-5:00pm on every day but Sunday. 9:00am-8:00pm on days ...
Mar 31, 2024 · Passion play, religious drama of medieval origin dealing with the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Christ. Early Passion plays (in Latin) consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ’s Passion and related subjects, such as Mary Magdalene’s.
The Oberammergau Passion Play (German: Oberammergauer Passionsspiele) is a passion play that has been performed every 10 years from 1634 to 1674 and each decadal year since 1680 (with a few exceptions) by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany.
A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Christ. It includes the trial, suffering, and death of Jesus of Nazareth. Historically, Passion plays grew out of the liturgy of the Catholic Church and developed into elaborate performances covering the entire history of God's providence of human redemption.
PASSION PLAYS. The Passion play was a genre of medieval religious drama, of relatively late and slow development, which concentrated on the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Christ, and was thus distinguished from the Corpus Christi cycles narrating the entire Biblical story from Creation to Judgment (see drama, medieval). Origins.
Aug 9, 2022 · A group effort. Now in its 388th year, the passion play influences nearly every aspect of the life in the village. Nearly 2,000 of the Oberammergau's 5,000 residents take part both in front and...
