crucifixion
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These are the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi; Jesus praying on the Mount of Olives, the Crucifixion and the Lamentation; and, finally, the Resurrection, Ascension and Pentecost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
On that day in 1st-century Judea, Resurrection and Ascension followed Crucifixion.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
Born in Dublin in 1909, Bacon didn’t see artistic success until he painted his wartime nightmare of twisted gargoyles, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion.
From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2019
One of its more unusual attractions is a sea cave with a painting of the Crucifixion inside.
From BBC • May 6, 2019
The church was packed with women in black, each one stoically suffering the three hours of the Crucifixion with the tortured Christ.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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World Religions
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The Roman and Byzantine Empires, Lessons 1–2
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