EASTER : THE CRUCIFIXION

NASA: Lunar Eclipse May Pinpoint Day of Christ’s Crucifixion

NASA has discovered evidence suggesting that a cosmic event — a lunar eclipse — could have led to the biblical descriptions of the skies turning red on the day Jesus Christ was crucified. Many scholars tie the date of Friday, April 3, 33 A.D., to the death of Jesus, and now, NASA’s astronomical models suggest that there was an eclipse that day, reports the New York Post. NASA noted that Christian texts describe the moon as turning to blood after…

EASTER : THE CRUCIFIXION

Matthew 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. By Van Yandell The New Testament does not give us much information about the crucifixion of our Lord. We are told in Matthew 27: 35, “And they crucified Him.” Several of the Old Testament writers described His suffering or that He was t…

Easter Paintings: 2 The Crucifixion

In this second of my three articles devoted to paintings of Easter, I cover the Crucifixion, from Christ’s ascent to calvary bearing his cross, to the entombment of his body. Way of the cross Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), Ascent to Calvary (E&I 128) (1566-67), oil on canvas, 285 x 400 cm, Albergo, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy. Image by Sailko, via Wikimedia Commons. Jacopo Tintoretto’s Ascent to Calvary (E&I 128) is unusual among…

Contemplating the Crucifixion in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Golgotha is by no means a large hill. At the time of Christ, it was a small slope. Now a large church covers the knoll where Christ died — the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Two thousand years ago, Christ climbed the knoll as he carried the beam that he would be crucified on. He was sweating, bleeding profusely, weakened by the physical and emotional torment of the way of the cross.  The Church incorporates the hill into the large edifice. Enteri…

See how actors in Česká Lípa revived the Easter tradition of passion plays in Gabriel Kuchta's photographs.