A tourist asked to be whipped by a local wearing a Roman soldier costume as part of an Easter tradition in the Philippines. The holidaymaker visited Marinduque province to witness the annual Holy Week ...

A free two-day festival is set to take place in Leicester to celebrate both St George's Day and the city's Roman heritage. A ...

The annual traditional processions marked Good Friday across several localities in Malta and Gozo on Friday. In Paola, crowds lined the Christ the King Parish Church parvis and extended into the ...

Ruben Enaje, 64, is seen alongside two other devotees nailed to wooden crosses in front of huge crowds in the village of San ...

In the late seventies, Contributing Photographer David Hoffman documented the religious drama enacted upon the streets of Stepney around Easter time, recording astonishing images of magical realist ...

From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:54-55: When the centurion and those who were ... From his heart, pierced by the lance of the Roman soldier, flow blood and water: a mysterious image of ...

"St George was likely a Roman soldier from 3rd Century Cappadocia, now Turkey," a spokesperson said. "His bravery inspired legends, especially the famous tale of him slaying a dragon. While the ...

A devoted Catholic is seen in shocking images pinned to a cross after being 'crucified' on Good Friday – for the 36th time.

Hundreds of people marched through Maidenhead town centre to commemorate the ‘powerful message’ of Good Friday at the annual ...

The Robe came along two years later, this time telling the tale of a Roman centurion responsible for overseeing the ... of the 19th century,” it began life as an 1880 novel by U.S. Army general Lew ...