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Photos by Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer

Roman soldiers stand over Jesus, portrayed by Cesar Lopez, after he falls for the first time during the Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday. The Stations of the Cross, also called the Way of the Cross, are a 14-step devotion and commemoration depicting the journey of Jesus from the Lions’ Gate to Mount Calvary on the day of his crucifixion. The Passion reenactment at the church was narrated and prayed in English, Spanish and French.
Jesus rises after falling for the first time at the third Station of the Cross inside Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
At the fourth station, Jesus looks to his mother Mary in Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
Jesus is seen by his mother Mary, portrayed by Cecilia Lopez, on his way to Golgotha at the fourth Station of the Cross inside Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
At the fifth station, Simon of Cyrene, portrayed by Benjamin Callings, helps Jesus carry the cross outside of Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
People watch from above as Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross during the Stations of the Cross outside of Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
Jesus, portrayed by Cesar Lopez, carries a cross during a Stations of the Cross reenactment at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
At the sixth station, Veronica displays a cloth with an image of Jesus after wiping his face on during the Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday.
At the seventh station, Jesus falls for the second time during the Stations of the Cross outside of Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Good Friday.
At the eighth station, Jesus meets women of Jerusalem during the Stations of the Cross outside of Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday.
One of the women of Jerusalem holds her hand on the cross near the hand of Jesus at the eighth station during the Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday.
At the eleventh station, Roman soldiers lift Jesus on his cross during the Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday.
Roman soldiers pace back and forth in front of Jesus on the his cross during a Stations of the Cross reenactment at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday.
The twelfth station marks when Jesus dies on the cross on Mount Cavalry. The last two stations are when Roman soldiers remove the body of Jesus from the cross and then place him in the tomb. The Stations of the Cross reenactment at Sacred Heart Church in Portland on Friday was narrated and prayed in English, Spanish and French.

Gregory got his start in journalism delivering his hometown newspaper, the Norwich Bulletin, as a teenager, reading the front page articles on dark winter mornings as he passed under streetlights. Greg...

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