The Passion

The Passion is the title of a Dutch musical - biblical event since 2011 annually on Maundy Thursday is held, each time at a different location. The event will also be broadcast live on television. In 2015, the first time for the event is broadcast live on the radio.

The event is a collaboration between the broadcasters EO and RKK (from 2015 EO and KRO ), the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, the Roman Catholic Church , the Dutch Bible Society and the local church. The collaborating organizations see in the event a missionary opportunity to pay attention to Easter . A group of 40 people take turns wearing a large white cross that is lit from the inside to the main stage. The cross weighs 400 pounds and is six feet long. Famous Dutch artists play the roles of the Easter story.

The event and television was partly inspired by the local event, the Manchester Passion . A television recording of this was on Good Friday 2006 by BBC Three broadcast.

Content

 * 1st Editions
 * 2 Main Roles
 * 3 Flemish variant
 * 4 External links

Editions
Cross was worn during The Passion 2012 In 2011, the event took place on April 21 in the city of Gouda . The event attracted 20,000 visitors and was followed by about a million viewers. The Passion Gouda won in June 2012 the prize for 'Best City Promotion Event "of the Foundation National Event Awards. In 2012, the event took place on April 5 in Rotterdam at the Willemsplein . This year the event was broadcast on Netherlands 1 . The event took place on March 28 in the center of The Hague . The procession started from St. Peter cemetery Tires. The main setting of this third edition was the Hofvijverformed. The Passion was seen by 2.3 million people on TV. On Thursday, April 17th, 2014 The Passion took place in Groningen . The event was held at the Fish Market, and was attended by over 20,000 visitors. To the TV broadcast watched some 3.2 million people. The Passion in 2015 will take place on April 2 at the Hendrik Jan van Heekplein in Enschede . The event this year will for the first time be broadcast on the radio or on NPO Radio 2 . [1]
 * 2011, Gouda
 * 2012, Rotterdam
 * 2013, The Hague
 * 2014, Groningen
 * 2015 Enschede

Flemish variant [ edit ]
In 2014, it was first a Flemish held variant of The Passion. This was The Passion called and also took place on Maundy Thursday, April 17th. Was held in Merchtem . The role of Jesus was played by Jonathan Demoor . [2] include songs were sung by Johan Verminnen and Stef Bos . The event attracted approximately ten thousand visitors.