Like every year, Iztapalapa meets its date with the Passion of Christ

Mexico City. The center of Iztapalapa, on the occasion of the so-called Holy Week or Holy Week, has been transformed once again into the biblical Jerusalem to serve as the grand stage for the representation of the Passion and death of Jesus, which this year celebrates its 181st anniversary.

This Holy Thursday is a day of utmost importance for the Catholic Church, as the Eucharist is instituted. It is already night and along the main esplanade of the mayor’s office, the crowd witnesses expectantly and respectfully what will be the last moments in freedom and life of the so-called Messiah.

Official figures from the mayor’s office reported over 500,000 people, at around 9 p.m., as well as a white balance and medical attention to 76 people, especially the so-called Nazarenes, for injuries to their feet, as well as some cases of hypoglycemia. and hypertension.

Incarnated by the young Christopher Gómez, 22 years old, the Iztapalapian Jesus Christ fulfilled the well-known rituals of this day, on the eve of his trial at the hands of Pontius Pilate, his martyrdom and his death, which will occur this Friday, crucified on Golgotha -Cerro de la Estrella.

Photo Yazmin Ortega

In the large plaza of Jerusalem-Iztapalapa, the crowd followed the details of the council where the judges and priests of the Sanhedrin judged Jesus and decreed his death, held on a small temple that evoked a Jewish temple. Judas Iscariot arrived there to sell his teacher for 30 silver denarii.

Moments later, the Son of Man led the Last Supper and then the washing of the feet of the 12 apostles. The menu, for Jesus, consisted of two red snappers stuffed with seafood and a Mediterranean salad, while for the apostles, breasts stuffed with cheese; and to lower them, a clericot. Everything, as it has been for 11 years, courtesy of the Aguilar Granados family, from the San Pedro neighborhood.

Photo Yazmin Ortega

At the end, in the midst of the expectation and sadness of many of the Iztapalapians and visitors gathered there, to know what destiny had in store for him, Christopher-Jesus Christ headed to the Cerro de la Estrella-Gethsemaní to, first, be tempted by Satan and then being apprehended. Thus, everything is now ready for this Friday of the Passion and death of Christ in Jerusalem-Iztapalapa, for the 181st consecutive year.