The annual Good Friday re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ attracted a host of watchers to St. George's.

And the crowds were moved by the performances of the cast, including Eugene Wainwright in the role of Jesus.

The event -- staged by the Bermuda East End Ministerial Association -- assembled at Ebeneezer Methodist Church and started the Stations of the Cross on York Street.

The march, led by narrators Rev. Larry Lowe and Denise Walker and the Salvation Army band, wound its way along Queen Street then to the Richard Allen AME Church.

The first scene, where Judas conspires with Jewish high priests to have Jesus delivered to the Romans, took place on the steps of the Richard Allen AME Church.

When this scene was finished, the march, led by Judas and two guards headed along Church Folly Lane and then to the Unfinished Church.

Judas and the guards left the procession at the Unfinished Church, while the narrators led the crowd to the front of the Church.

Scene 2, when Christ underwent the torment and betrayal at the garden of Gethsemane, was acted out at the Unfinished Church.

Following scene 2, the march, led by Judas and the guards and the disciples, headed westbound along Governor's Alley to the Salvation Army.

Scene 3, Christ before the Sanhedrin, was acted out at the Salvation Army, and the march led by the High Priest and the members of the Sanhedrin, then headed westbound on Governor's Alley, then southbound on Duke of Clarence Street to the Catholic Stella Maris Church.

The march then headed to St. Peter's Church where the fourth scene, Jesus before Pilate, took place.

At this point in the play, the trial of Jesus, the crowd of young people and disciples encouraged the spectators to take a part in the play by calling for the condemning of Jesus to death on the cross.

The march, led by Jesus carrying the cross, went from St. Peter's Church to Ordnance Island -- the stand in for Golgotha, the biblical site of the crucifixion.

And two crosses were already in place for the two criminals crucified either side of Jesus, according to the Gospels.

Everyone remained standing until after the reading, `The Cross Was His Own,' a poem read by Mayor of St. George Lois Perinchief.

The narration -- taken from Matthew:27 :27-54 -- reached its climax when the two thieves, escorted by guards, were led out.

The three were nailed to the crosses, flanked by the guards with the Sanhedrin looking on from the side, and women gathered around the cross.

The death scene was marked by a moving solo by David Knight who played `Were You There', and as the band played softly, the actors quietly left the scene, followed lastly by the band.