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Utah Christians take to the streets for Good Friday

Interfaith procession has been an Easter weekend fixture for nearly four decades.

By https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/d23c9c3d-6a35-4583-8f7c-a59ca4e57a79.png The Salt Lake Tribune
 | April 15, 2022, 8:46 p.m.
| Updated: 8:52 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Good Friday procession stops at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 15, 2022.

Utah Christians united to mark the start of Western Christianity’s holiest weekend of the year with a Good Friday procession through the heart of Salt Lake City.

The annual interfaith Procession of the Cross — a pre-Easter staple for nearly four decades — started at the Cathedral of the Madeleine on South Temple followed by stops at nearby First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral and the Crossroads Food Pantry.

The march is meant to symbolically retrace Jesus’ steps to Golgotha, with participants taking turns bearing the cross in a buildup to Easter Sunday.


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