(RNS) — Passion plays originated in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe as a way to celebrate and teach the story of the last days of Jesus’ life and from the beginning embodied the anti-Judaism ...

(RNS) — For the past three decades, the most heinous anti-Jewish excesses of the world's most famous Passion play have been slowly eliminated, but more work needs to be done. (RNS) — The Oberammergau ...

Actor Frederik Mayet portrays Christ at the 2010 Passion Play Theater in Oberammergau, Germany. Mayet has been chosen as one of two actors to portray Jesus this year. The 2022 performance runs May ...

OBERAMMERGAU, Germany — Almost 400 years ago, the Catholic residents of a small Bavarian village vowed to perform a play of "the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ" every 10 ...

OBERAMMERGAU, Germany — “I shout: ‘Jesus is innocent! Set him free!'” Roswitha Stückl exclaimed in a loud voice, while grinning at her husband, Peter, who plays the Annas, the high priest.

The preacher’s weekly challenge—What story shall I tell?—is perhaps less challenging in Holy Week than at any other time except Christmas. The Passion story provides characters, plot, dynamics, and ...

The stage for the Oberammergau Passion Play, which is returning in 2022. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Tauck The epic Oberammergau Passion Play is set to return to the stage in the German village where it ...

Every 10 years, since 1634, the tiny German village of Oberammergau with some 5,400 people has been putting on a Passion Play; it began as a valiant effort by the ruling council of the village to ...

Tourists and pilgrims flock to German village as 1,800 local actors prepare to take the stage after pandemic interruption. Jill and Oscar Schmidt vowed that they would travel from their home in ...

The famous Oberammergau Passion Play draws half a million people once a decade to watch small German village perform the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. As an epidemic raged across Europe, a ...

In 2020, the famous Passion Play will be performed once again in Oberammergau, Germany. Now, the Globus family of brands is offering premier, reserved seating to the play and accommodations in the ...