crucifixion
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Elaborate sculptures depict the life of Jesus from his birth to his crucifixion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, and is historically a day of sorrow, fasting, and reflection.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025
An ancient relic said to have been worn by Jesus Christ at his crucifixion has returned to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, five years after the relic was saved from a fire that devastated the church.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
A Child of Our Time intersperses quasi-operatic narrative passages with arrangements of African-American spirituals, as Bach had done with Lutheran hymn-chorales in his oratorios on the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila were resuming after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
We were so tired of carrying our personal crucifixions around our necks and calling that a marriage.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2020
In the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, masses and other solemn gatherings have been put on hold, including folk rituals that feature real-life crucifixions and usually draw thousands of tourists and penitents.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 10, 2020
There is relatively little archaeological evidence of crucifixions, the method used to execute Jesus Christ, according to Christian tradition.
From Fox News ● Nov. 30, 2018
Like the carvings and stained-glass windows in European cathedrals, the art in San Lorenzo and other Olmec cities consisted mainly of powerful, recurring images—the crucifixions and virgins, so to speak, of ancient Mesoamerica.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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