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Christians mark Good Friday with Walk of Witness

Margaret Marriott A group of people standing in a church car park in front of a red-brick church. They are wearing various colours of coats and hi-vis. At the front, a man in a hat and a woman in a green coat are holding a large wooden cross.Margaret Marriott
Four men dressed as Roman soldiers stand guard around a large wooden cross being held at the front of a gathering of people in a pedestriansed shopping street.
This group marked Good Friday in Graiseley and Penn Fields, Wolverhampton.
"Roman soldiers" mixed with participants in this walk in Walsall.

People have gathered in towns and cities throughout the West Midlands to mark Good Friday, one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar.

Many processed through the streets carrying a wooden cross in what is known as the Walk of Witness.

This is a re-enactment of Christ's walk with the cross on which he was to be crucified to the site of his execution.

There has been a campaign to promote the tradition in recent years as a way of bringing different denominations together and to promote Christian teaching.

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