Via Dolorosa

First Station - Jesus is tried and condemned to death in the Antonia Fortress (near the Lions' Gate of today).

First Station

Second Station - Monastery of the Flagellation, where Jesus was scourged by Roman soldiers.

Second Station

Third Station - where Jesus fell for the first time under the weight of the cross.

Third Station

Fourth Station - Our Lady of the Spasm, where Mary fainted on seeing her son.

Fourth Station

Fifth Station - where Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus carry the cross.

Fifth Station

Sixth Station - where St. Veronica wiped Jesus' face. Church and monastery located here.

Sixth Station

Seventh Station - where Jesus fell for second time. Site of Franciscan chapel.

Seventh Station

Eighth Station --- where Jesus said: "weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children" (Luke 23:28). Site of Charalampos Convent.

Eighth Station

Ninth Station - where Jesus fell for third time.

Ninth Station

Tenth Station - Where Christ's body was prepared for burial.

Tenth Station

Eleventh Station - They crucified him there (Luke 23,33).

Eleventh Station

Twelfth Station - The place of Christ's death on the cross is in the Greek Orthodox chapel on Calvary

Twelfth Station

Thirteenth Station - The altar which marks the thirteenth Station is in the archway betwen the eleventh and twelfth Stations

Thirteenth Station

Fourteenth Station - Jesus is laid in the Tomb

Fourteenth Station

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Via Dolorosa (Old City of Jerusalem)

Via Dolorosa – (literally sorrowful road) is also called the Way of the Cross. It is made up of a series of narrow lanes in the Christian Quarter of the Old City that according to Christian tradition was Jesus’ route from Pilate’s judgment hall to Golgotha.

Stations of the Cross: There are 14 stations, each one commemorating an event along Jesus’ route to crucifixion.

First Station – Jesus is tried and condemned to death in the Antonia Fortress (near the Lions’ Gate of today). Second Station – Monastery of the Flagellation, where Jesus was scourged by Roman soldiers. Third Station – where Jesus fell for the first time under the weight of the cross. Fourth Station – Our Lady of the Spasm, where Mary fainted on seeing her son. Fifth Station – where Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus carry the cross. Sixth Station – where St. Veronica wiped Jesus’ face. A church and monastery are located here. Seventh Station – where Jesus fell for the second time. Site of a Franciscan chapel.  Eighth Station — where Jesus said: “weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children” (Luke 23:28). Site of Charalampos Convent. Ninth Station – where Jesus fell for third time. Tenth to Fourteenth Stations – are within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Golgotha).

Via-Dolorosa-12th-Station 

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