Poland – 89th representation of Passion of Christ: "Mystery of Hope"

26 February 2021
Poland – 89th representation of Passion of Christ: "Mystery of Hope"
Photo: Agnieszka Krzysztalowicz

(ANS - Krakow) - 89 years have passed since the young Salesians in Krakow proposed the sacred representation of the Passion of Christ entitled "Mysterium" for the first time. Every year, the actors are the Salesian clerics who study in Krakow: first they were only those of the Salesian Provinces of Krakow (PLS) and Wrocław (PLO), then they came from all four Polish Provinces (thus also from Warsaw and Piła); for some years now, there are also some young people from the group “Ziemia Boga” (The Land of God).

If the event is therefore a consolidated tradition, this year's edition presents several novelties: first of all, the representation is in the form of a musical, and in this new guise has seen adaptations and changes: many of the texts that were recited by certain characters are sung this year.

Moreover, and above all, this year's representation is intended to be a "Mystery of Hope", because it wants to remind the spectator of today, gripped by the problems of the pandemic, that friendship is able to overcome even the border of death, that God perseveres every day alongside man and that the redemptive death of Jesus on the cross broke the chains imposed by sin.

The person in charge of the preparation of the entire musical performance is Mr. Marcin Kobierski, an actor of the "Bagatela" Theater in Krakow, who also wrote the lyrics, created the choreography, as well as the scenography and costumes. He himself testified: “The previous show was marked by suffering… I did not want to surpass myself in this direction, because we are all already marked by the suffering of this pandemic, which is very present in social life. The Passion must always be there, of course, but I wanted to look at it this time from a different perspective: so as not to stop only on suffering and instead look to where it leads, that is, to the hope of the Resurrection and eternal life. Jesus with his passion opens Heaven to us.”

This special musical, which asks everyone a crucial question - "And you, do you believe that on the third day the power of death was broken?" - had its premiere, as usual, on the first Saturday of Lent, last February 20, after the general rehearsals open to the public had already shown a notable appreciation.

The shows, like every year, will be staged every weekend of Lent until Palm Sunday, with four performances every weekend - obviously, unless otherwise ordered by the authorities due to the epidemiological situation. Although the number of seats available fell from 320 to 120 due to the pandemic, interest, as in previous years, is high, and tickets sold out in two days.

For more details, please visit the pages: www.facebook.com/losiowka and seminarium.sdb.org.pl/

Dominik Kruszyński SDB and Fr Marcin Wosiek

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