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Jesus suffered and died 2,000 years ago, but Catholics today can still attend a reenactment of his funeral and burial — in the Holy Land.
“The funeral procession of Jesus Christ is a unique liturgical procession that only takes place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Good Friday,” Dominican Father Jordan Schmidt told Our Sunday Visitor. “It is perhaps the most dramatic liturgical event that I have ever witnessed.”
The ancient custom of reenacting Christ’s funeral dates back to the 13th century, when the Franciscans first arrived in the Holy Land, according to the Terra Sancta Museum, which promotes the history of Christianity in the Holy Land by displaying archaeological and art collections of the Franciscans there.
Father Schmidt, an assistant professor of sacred Scripture and the director of Pastoral Field Education at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., attended the procession led by the Franciscan friars of the Holy Land last year. It takes place in the church that, according to tradition, houses Christ’s tomb and the site of his crucifixion.
In other words, it happens where it happened 2,000 years ago.
Continued below.
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“The funeral procession of Jesus Christ is a unique liturgical procession that only takes place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Good Friday,” Dominican Father Jordan Schmidt told Our Sunday Visitor. “It is perhaps the most dramatic liturgical event that I have ever witnessed.”
The ancient custom of reenacting Christ’s funeral dates back to the 13th century, when the Franciscans first arrived in the Holy Land, according to the Terra Sancta Museum, which promotes the history of Christianity in the Holy Land by displaying archaeological and art collections of the Franciscans there.
Father Schmidt, an assistant professor of sacred Scripture and the director of Pastoral Field Education at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., attended the procession led by the Franciscan friars of the Holy Land last year. It takes place in the church that, according to tradition, houses Christ’s tomb and the site of his crucifixion.
In other words, it happens where it happened 2,000 years ago.
Continued below.
Holy Land Christians reenact the 'funeral of Christ'
Jesus suffered and died 2,000 years ago, but Catholics today can still attend a reenactment of his funeral and burial — in the Holy Land. “The funeral procession of Jesus Christ is a unique liturgical procession that only takes place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Good...
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