Christians all round the world commemorated Good Friday with prayers. Hundreds of worshippers took part in processions, reliving the passion Christ, in the Philippines, Spain and other parts of the world.
Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses as a part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus, Reuters reported.
Check out Good Friday 2012 photographs from all over the world.
An actor is seen on the cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Caracas' biggest slum of Petare April 6, 2012. ReutersPrecy Valencia, a penitent, is lowered from the wooden cross after she was nailed to it as part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in the town of Paombong in Bulacan province, north of Manila, April 6, 2012. Numerous penitents were nailed to a cross on Good Friday in this display of religious devotion in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country.ReutersA man dressed as Jesus Christ takes part in a procession on Good Friday in Yumbo April 6, 2012. Hundreds of processions take place during the Holy Week in Colombia.ReutersFilipino penitents are nailed to wooden crosses during a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion during Good Friday in Barangay Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines April 6, 2012. ReutersPeople watch as a man dressed as Jesus Christ is mounted on a cross in front of a Catholic church during a ritual to mark the death of Christ on Good Friday in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 6, 2012. ReutersArab Christian worshippers hold a cross as they enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during a procession on Good Friday in Jerusalem's Old City April 6, 2012. Christian worshippers retraced the route Jesus took along Via Dolorosa to his crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. ReutersA penitent, dressed as the Virgin Mary, participates in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Iztapalapa in Mexico City April 6, 2012. ReutersPrecy Valencia, a penitent, has her feet nailed to a wooden cross as part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in the town of Paombong in the Bulacan province, north of Manila, April 6, 2012. Numerous penitents were nailed to a cross on Good Friday in this display of religious devotion in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country.ReutersA picture of Jesus Christ for sale at a vendor's after a procession of the "Way of the Cross" on Good Friday at the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska near Krakow, southern Poland April 6, 2012. ReutersMigrants dressed as U.S. border patrol agents pretend to nail another migrant representing Jesus Christ to the cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Saltillo April 6, 2012. ReutersAn actor representing Jesus Christ participates in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Playa Delfines (Dolphin Beach) on Good Friday in Cancun April 6, 2012.ReutersPenitents participate in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Iztapalapa in Mexico City April 6, 2012. ReutersPenitents and actors re-enact the last supper on Playa Delfines (Dolphin Beach) on Good Friday in Cancun April 6, 2012.ReutersA penitent dressed as Judas is suspended from a tree in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Comas, northern Lima, April 6, 2012.ReutersWorshippers carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession on Good Friday in Havana April 6, 2012. Bells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana on Friday to remember the death of Jesus Christ as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first time in more than half a century. The day off, granted at the request of Pope Benedict on his recent visit to the communist island, translated into quieter streets than usual, but only sparse attendance at a Mass in the city's main cathedral presided over by Cardinal Jaime Ortega. Reuters
