(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 ...

The Oberammergau Passion Play, staged by thousands of the German village's residents, will begin performances in May. Photo Credit: Tauck Nicole Edenedo The epic Oberammergau Passion Play performance ...

Jesus, played by Frederik Mayet, encounters his mother in a scene in the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany, which is running from May 14 to Oct. 2. This is the second time Mayet will portray Jesus ...

In 1632 amid the Thirty Years’ War, marauding Swedish troops brought the plague to the foothills of the Alps and finally reached Oberammergau. “The plague is in front of the door, and nobody wants to ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...