OBERAMMERGAU – 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 years, if ...

(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 ...

A small German town has been performing a Passion Play every decade since the 17th century. Oberammergau, with its 5,000 inhabitants, began performances after being hit by the bubonic plague in 1633, ...

(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 coronavirus outbreak causes yet another event cancellation. Germany's once-a-decade Oberammergau Passion Play has been postponed to 2022. The decision to delay the performances was made by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the foot of the Bavarian Alps is the city of Oberammergau, Germany, known for its stunning Passion Play. The unique cultural event, has been performed for more than 380 years and in 2020, the event ...