Church steps out 'A Cross the Island'

Christians on the Island are making a unique pilgrimage around the Island this Holy Week.

An eight foot wooden cross will be carried north, south, east and west in a series of walks from tomorrow (Monday 30 April), ending in Peel at an Easter Praise service next Sunday. 

For Christians, it is a symbolic journey which remembers the cross on which Jesus suffered and died.  

An open invitation's been offered to the Manx public to join in any of the walks, criss-crossing the Island.

Bishop Robert Paterson says various modes of transport will be used during the unusual journey:

For more details of the route, go to the diocese website, sodorandman.im