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Nationality
  
Filipino

Name
  
Ruben Enaje

Role
  
Carpenter


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Occupation
  
Carpenter, Construction worker

Known for
  
Being voluntarily crucified annually on Good Friday

'360 Perspective: Crucifixion in Cutud' with Atom Araullo


Ruben Enaje is a Filipino carpenter, sign painter, and former construction worker. He is noted for being crucified 30 times.

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He has been crucified every year since 1985 on Good Friday.

Ruben Enaje Christians around the world celebrate Good Friday with

Background

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Enaje, who was once a construction worker in the Philippines, fell down from an unfinished building, and unexpectedly survived. After the incident, saying that it was to thank the Lord for saving him, Ruben started participating in crucifixions, of his own free will, in a ritual done on Good Friday every year. His crucifixions have led to media coverage.

1985

Enaje was crucified for his first time in 1985, during a reenactment of Jesus Christ of Nazareth's suffering.

2008

On March 21, 2008, Enaje, was nailed to a wooden cross on Good Friday for the 22nd time, in Pampanga, Philippines. 25 other penitents, including two women, were nailed on wooden crosses on Good Friday in San Pedro Cutud.

2010

Enaje was crucified again in his hometown, Pampanga, Philippines, this time for the 24th time, breaking his own record.

2011

Like the years before, Enaje had four-inch nails hammered into his palms and was hung on a cross for several minutes by local villagers dressed as Roman centurions.

2012

2012's crucifixion was the 26th one for Enaje.

2013

2013 was his possible final year in which he plans to be crucified, since he promised God that he would be crucified 27 times as a form of gratitude.

2016

Still without any permanent replacement, Enaje once again was crucified, along with 14 others in different places in Pampanga. He spent 11 minutes on the cross. Enaje offered his 30th straight crucifixion to the people of Belgium, who had recently suffered from a terrorist attack, and praying for a more peaceful outcome of the Philippine general election, 2016.

References

Ruben Enaje Wikipedia


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