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For the 87th year, the world’s largest outdoor Easter pageant is taking place in Mesa, Arizona.
On the north lawn of the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 9 through April 19 (except Sunday and Monday), nearly 10,000 people are gathering nightly to watch the latest iteration of a storied musical that tells the story of the life and love of Jesus Christ.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,” Jesus teaches in the Bible.
The “Jesus the Christ” Mesa Easter Pageant is one of many ways the Church of Jesus Christ is celebrating the “greater love” of the Savior of the world.
The pageant, a gift to the community from the Church, depicts important moments of Christ’s birth, life, death and resurrection as found in the New Testament.
“Nearly every scene in the pageant shows the Savior lifting, healing, serving, rescuing, and loving,” said director Jenee Prince, who is in her 21st year with the pageant. “It was intentionally written that way. We want everyone who comes to see the pageant to feel God’s love, to feel His peace, to have more hope.”
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