TRAVELING TO VIA DOLO ROSA AFTER STATION IX

TRAVELING TO "WAY OF SUFFERING" AFTER STATION IX TO XI

Picture 37: Photo shot, the Guide Abu Rommel, who accompanied our group while traveling on Via Dolorosa ask Sahalataylor [Me] simulated to carry the Cross after Station IX to Station X in Holy Sepulchre.

Pic. 38: The Church of Holy Sepulchre

Stations X to XIV are within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Resurrection, originally built by Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena in 335 CE.

The pillared Rotunda ; Golgotha; the Greek Choir and the underground Chapel of the Cross deserve special attention. Entering through the main door, you noticed a slab of polished red marble--the Stone of the Anointing. On the right are the steps up to the mound Golgotha, with the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Station of the Cross, said to mark the place Jesus was stripped of his garments, nailed to the cross, died, and was taken for burial.

Station XIV, the Tomb OF Jesus is enclosed within the pillared Rotunda,where a small anteroom [atrium], known as the Chapel of the Angels, opens into the sepulchre.

Pic. 39: The Floor Plan of the Holy Sepulchre

The main entrance is shown by the arrow on the bottom of the floor plan. Note on the right side is the Greek Orthodox site; on the left side is the Catholic Rome site: where in the center area of Anastasia Rotunda is the Tomb of Jesus or Sepulchre of Jesus. The arrow shows the narrow entrance door to the Tomb of Jesus.

Station X: Calvary or Golgotha: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Pic. 40: Station XI, The site at where Jesus was nailed to the Cross in the Catholic Rome site of Holy Sepulchre.