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Mar 24, 2021 · The Via Dolorosa (sometimes called “the Way of Suffering) is a route located in the Old City of Jerusalem which follows the route that Jesus is believed to have walked on his way to be...
Learn all about the traditional route of the Via Dolorosa and the 14 Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem. Lions’ Gate, Temple Mount, Antonia Fortress, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Ecce Homo Arch, Original stone pavement section, Old City wall in the time of Christ, Golgotha.
The Via Dolorosa ( Latin for 'Sorrowful Way', often translated 'Way of Suffering'; Arabic: طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. It represents the path that Jesus took, forced by the Roman soldiers, on the way to his crucifixion.
The stations of the cross below describe where each station is located along the Via Dolorosa in the old city of Jerusalem, the place where Jesus carried his cross to his death. The prayers and reflections are from the way of the cross led by Pope Francis on Good Friday 2013.
- This station begins in the courtyard of the Omariya Moslem College on the street called the Via Dolorosa. This is the traditional location of the P...
- This station is located a short walk from the Ecce Homo ("Behold the Man") Church at the corner of the Via Dolorosa and El Wad Street. Though not m...
- An image of Jesus meeting his mother with the cross appears on the doorway of a small chapel to mark this station. This event is also not mentioned...
- A small chapel was built in 1895 and dedicated to Simon of Cyrene to mark the fifth station. Earlier on this spot was the first home for the Franci...
- Only about 40 yards from the fifth station a small etching (ST. VI) is carved into a wall and marks the home of Veronica and the sixth station. Evi...
- Though not in Scripture, tradition holds that in the time of the crucifixion, a copy of Jesus' death sentence was posted on an old gate nearby. Thi...
- To the right of the seventh station and up a flight a stairs the route turns onto a street called Aqabat el Kanqa where a Latin cross and the lette...
- Coming into the main square of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, on our right we find the steps leading up to the small Franciscan chapel where J...
- Within the Latin chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the 11th station houses modern mosaics that illustrate Jesus being nailed to the cross...
- An altar in an archway between the 11th and 12th stations marks the 13th station where Jesus was taken down from the cross following this death.Lea...
The fourteen stations of the Via Dolorosa. I. Jesus is condemned to death. On the right side of the street leading to Lions’ Gate, a slope goes up toward the el-Omariyyah school; its courtyard serves as the starting point for the Way of the Cross.
Dec 6, 2015 · The Stations of the Cross (Way of the Cross, Via Crucis) are the path in the Old City of Jerusalem where Jesus walked after his trial, carrying his cross, on the way to his crucifixion. The Via Dolorosa pilgrimage been followed since early Christianity and is recorded from the mid 4th Century.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa, is a narration of the final hours in the life of Jesus Christ on earth that continues to provide spiritual conviction for every Christian and application to our lives.
