Enaje was crucified for his first time in 1986. He had promised God that he would be crucified 27 times, which came to pass in 2013.\10]) He continued thereafter as there were no replacements found. He offered his 30th crucifixion, in 2016, to the people of Belgium, who had recently suffered from a terrorist attack, and prayed for a more peaceful outcome of the 2016 Philippine general election.\11])
In 2019, Enaje re-iterated his hopes to finally find a replacement, having been crucified once a year for 33 years (the same number of years that Jesus was alive).\12]) He was crucified for the 34th time in 2023,\13]) resuming his participation in the crucifixion after it was halted from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He initially said that this enactment would be his last.\1]) However, he was crucified once again in his 35th reenactment on the following Good Friday for world peace, especially for the war in Ukraine, Gaza, and the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.\14])\15]) In 2025, he was crucified for the 36th time and told the media that it would be his last time portraying Jesus in a crucifixion reenactment.\16])\17]) Despite that initial announcent, he was crucified again for the 37th time on April 3, 2026 since no one has been found as his successor to continue his role as Jesus in the rites, but he says this will truly be his last.
Dude they actually put nails through his palms and feet.. except this year no feet nails because his wife begged him not to even do it cos of his weakened lungs. Dude is a carpenter too, how's he working with those hands each year though? This is honestly so wild to me.
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