VIA DOLOROSA AND RESURRECTION

VIA DOLOROSA AND RESURRECTION.

A WALK ALONG THE VIA DOLOROSA IS A “MUST” FOR THE PILGRIMS TO HOLYLAND.

Traditionally the path followed by Jesus from the Judgement Court to Golgotha or Calvary, it begins at the Lion’s Gate and winds through to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher or the Church of the Resurrection, originally built by Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena in 335 CE.

The Via dolorosa.

The Stations of the Cross are as follows:

Station I Antonio Fortress: Pilate condemns Jesus.

Station II Lithostrotos: Jesus receives the Cross.

Station III Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross.

Station IV Mary sees Jesus with the Cross.

Station V Simon of Cyrene is made to take the Cross.

Station VI Veronica wipes Jesus’ face.

Station VII Jesus falls a second time.

Station VIII Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem.

Station IX Jesus falls a third time.

Station X Calvary: Jesus is stripped of his garments.

Station XI Calvary: Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

Station XII Calvary: Jesus dies on the Cross.

Station XIII Calvary: Jesus body is taken from the Cross.

Station XIV Holy Sepulcher: Jesus body is laid in the Tomb of the Tomb of

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