A bizarre scene showing a man playing Jesus Christ on a cross in a Dublin church went viral on Friday.
The clip, posted on TikTok, shows a man dressed as Jesus, wearing a bloodied tunic, sandals and crown of thorns on his head.
He is filmed standing with his arms outstretched on a cross at the entrance to St Catherine's Church on Meath Street in the city centre.
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The man is believed to have been an actor as part of a 'Passion Play' which is held on Good Friday at 3pm, which depicts the trial, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
The person filming the video is heard saying: "Well people, we're in Meath Street here in Dublin 8, they're doing the Good Friday mass.
"But they actually have a bloke up at the front as if he's on a crucifix.
"It's a real fella up on a crucifix on the doors on the way into the church for the mass. They done a play and all that just before the mass.
"This is Dublin, what a day, what a [city]."
The video was posted to TikTok by @thisisdublin on Friday and has already received has over 11,000 views and received hundreds of comments.
One person wrote: "Jesus christ saw it all now... This is Dublin!!!"
Another claimed that he had family connections to the Passion Play, writing: "My granddad plays [Judas] in the play every year.."
Meanwhile, another person corrected the person filming, telling him it that the scene wasn't for a mass, writing: "No masses anywhere in the world on Good Friday lad."
