Of all the ways to die, being nailed to a wooden cross and left to hang is the worst. The victim — fully naked — struggles to ...

The faithful around the world observe Good Friday on Friday, April 7, 2023. Good Friday is the "most solemn day of the year" for Christians, according to the CatholicLink website and many other ...

Crucifixion was one of the cruelest punishments ever devised by mankind. This video uncovers who first used it, how empires ...

The crucifixion of Jesus is one of the most illustrated events in human history. For centuries, artists have reimagined it as a form of remembrance and as a means to convey the story of brutality and ...

Small fragments of wood believed to have been from the cross on which Jesus was crucified will be incorporated into King Charles’ coronation. Two shards of what is known as the True Cross were gifted ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

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These Easter congregants are taking their Good Friday celebration back to the New Testament. After a three-year hiatus due to COVID, a controversial Good Friday tradition has been resurrected. Eight ...

Geologists have identified evidence of an earthquake in the Dead Sea region that appears to correspond with the historical timeframe of Jesus’ crucifixion, possibly offering the first geological ...