Cyril Simmons takes a little walk as Jesus

Every year around this time the Reverend Cyril Simmons starts to grow his beard out and ups his workout at the gym. “People often stop and say, I can see it’s that time of year again,” the minister for Ebenezer Methodist Church in St George said. “I say I’m just getting ready for Jesus’ return.” What he is actually preparing for is the Walk to Calvary, a Good Friday re-enactment that has been going on in St George for more than 40 years. Last year more than 1,500 onlookers attended the event, including people from overseas.