Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(01 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) Chrisitan pilgrims carry wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(02 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) Chrisitan pilgrims carry wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Friday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(03 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) A Chrisitan pilgrim carries a wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(04 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) Christian pilgrims at Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(05 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) A Christian pilgrim carries a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(06 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) Christian pilgrims carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Jerusalem(07 of20)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - APRIL 22: (ISRAEL OUT) A Christian pilgrim prays at Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the Good Friday procession on April 22, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of Christians around the world will today mark Good Fiday when they commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Jerusalem Christian pilgrims took part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Actors Perform The Easter Passion Of Jesus In Trafalgar Square(08 of20)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 22: Actors perform The Passion of Jesus to crowds in Trafalgar Square on April 22, 2011 in London, England. The actors come from the Wintershall Estate in Surrey where they also perform a Nativity play in and around the farm buildings at Christmas. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Good Friday Procession In Jerusalem's Old City(09 of20)
JERUSALEM - APRIL 02: Orthodox Christians carry their wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa, the route tradition says Jesus carried the cross on which he was to be crucified by the Romans, during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2010 in Jerusalem's Old City. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world thronged the narrow cobblestone alleys as they retraced the footsteps of Jesus and the Stations of the Cross. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Good Friday Procession In Germany(10 of20)
LOHR AM MAIN, GERMANY - APRIL 02: Little boys carry signs depicting the stigmata of Christ ahead of a Good Friday procession on April 2, 2010 in Lohr am Main, Germany. Several thousands of faithful took part in this 300-year-old Good Friday procession to commemorate the death of Christ. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Good Friday Procession In Germany(11 of20)
LOHR AM MAIN, GERMANY - APRIL 02: Catholic believerscarry a wodden sculpture during a Good Friday procession on April 2, 2010 in Lohr am Main, Germany. Several thousands of faithful took part in this 300-year-old Good Friday procession to commemorate the death of Christ. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Pakistani Christian devotees attend a sp(12 of20)
Karachi, PAKISTAN: Pakistani Christian devotees attend a special Good Friday service at St. Patrick's Church in Karachi, 06 April 2007. Christians commemorate Easter as the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which according to the Bible occurred three days after he was crucified on the orders of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, probably in the year AD 33. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Pope Benedict XVI presides over the Stat(13 of20)
Rome, ITALY: Pope Benedict XVI presides over the Stations of the Cross ceremony at Rome's Colosseum, on Good Friday in commemorating the crucifixion of Christ, 06 April 2007. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Easter - Good Friday(14 of20)
VATICAN CITY - APRIL 6: Pope Benedict XVI attends a celebration of the Lord's passion in the Basilica of St. Peter, April 6 , 2007, in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
A giant cross is lighted in front of the(15 of20)
Rome, ITALY: A giant cross is lighted in front of the Colosseum before Pope Benedict XVI presiding over the Stations of the Cross ceremony at Rome's Colosseum, on Good Friday in commemorating the crucifixion of Christ, 06 April 2007. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Way Of The Cross Procession Crosses Brooklyn Bridge(16 of20)
NEW YORK - APRIL 06: Roman Catholics participate in the twelfth annual Way of the Cross procession across the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday April 6, 2007 in New York City. The procession made its way from the borough of Brooklyn, into Manhattan. The Way of the Cross celebrates the New Testament telling of the suffering and the Crucifixion death of Christ. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Way Of The Cross Procession Crosses Brooklyn Bridge(17 of20)
NEW YORK - APRIL 06: Roman Catholics participate in the twelfth annual Way of the Cross procession across the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday April 6, 2007 in New York City. The procession made its way from the borough of Brooklyn, into Manhattan. The Way of the Cross celebrates the New Testament telling of the suffering and the Crucifixion death of Christ. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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An actor representing Jesus lies on a wooden cross during reenactment of Jesus' crucifixion during Holy Week celebrations on Good Friday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday April 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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Faithful participate in the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Friday, April 6, 2012. The evening Via Crucis procession at the ancient amphitheater is a Rome tradition that draws a large crowd of faithful, including many of the pilgrims who flock to the Italian capital for Holy Week ceremonies before Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (credit:AP)
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Penitents participate in a Holy Week procession on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Friday April 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (credit:AP)
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