Via Dolorosa
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Via Dolorosa (in French : Path of Suffering) is a street in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to religious tradition, it is the path that Jesus borrowed before his crucifixion. This path is marked by nine of the fourteen Stations of the Cross Road. The last five stations are inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is a place of pilgrimage very important for Christians.
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The traditional route starts just inside the Lion Gate (Porte St Etienne), the Primary School Umariya near the whereabouts of the old fortress Antonia and moving westward through the Old City to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This term originated in a procession organized by the Franciscans in the fourteenth century.
Although some streets in Jerusalem are reported in English , in Hebrew and Arabic on the various panels can be found as indicated on the wall listing the Via Dolorosa.
Other roads
The procession of Holy Thursday Byzantine starts from the top of Mount of Olives , stopping in the garden of Gethsemane , enter the Old City through the Lions Gate and roughly follows the current route in the direction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
In the eighth century , were carried out at several stops during the journey especially along the southern part of the Old City, home of Caiaphas , the Mount Zion , the Praetorium then finally to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Stations of the Cross
- Station I
The First Station is near the Monastery of the Flagellation , where Jesus was questioned by Pilate and sentenced thereafter (John XIX 1-2-3)
19.1 Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
19.2 The soldiers platted a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and dressed in a purple robe, and then approaching him,
03.19 they said: Hi, King of the Jews! And they gave him blows.
The chapel was built in the 1920s on the site of a building erected in the Middle Ages by the Crusaders, is now administered by the Franciscans. From this place, that traditionally go every Friday processions. The church has remarkable stained glass depicting Christ on the Column scourged, Pilate "washing hands" and releasing Barabbas. Above the altar, inside the central dome is a mosaic of gold, where you can see the Crown of Thorns pierced by the Stars.
- Station II
The second station is near the remains of an ancient Roman building known today as the Arch of Ecce Homo, in memory of the words pronounced by Pilate when he showed Jesus to the crowd. This triumphal arch located on the eastern side of the city at the time was erected under Hadrian in 135 AD. BC celebrated the capture of Jerusalem. Only part of this building is visible today. The left side of the bow that no longer exists, was once part of a monastery dervish Islamic ; The right side of the triumphal arch is still preserved and is now inside the Church of Sisters of Zion. This church was built during the second half of last century on the ruins of ancient ruins, like the Arc de Triomphe pre-Roman city, part of the fortifications and courtyard of the fortress Antonia and remarkable vestiges of paved street dating back to Roman times , also called Lithostratus. On some stones can be noticed traces of old game dice , confirming the hypothesis that this was the place where the Roman soldiers played to win the clothes Jesus. Finally, we must mention the Struthion Pool , a former water tank dating from the second century BC. AD , later covered by the Emperor Hadrian.
- Station III
The Third Station commemorates Christ's first fall on the Via Dolorosa. The place is marked by a small chapel belonging to the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Its reconstruction was completed in the nineteenth century and what the soldiers are Catholics of the Polish Army who completed the renovation work during the Second World War.
- Station IV
This is a church dedicated to Our Lady of spasm in order to commemorate the meeting of Mary and her Son on the Cross. If the tradition of a halt in this place is institutionalized since the thirteenth century century, it is certainly older since there is compelling evidence of a church byzantine. Excavations necessitated by the construction of the Armenian Church today, have unearthed the remains of a Byzantine pavement mosaic of the sixth century or possibly the seventh century century, thereby firmly seated tradition. This small chapel is topped by a panel surrounded by friezes (carved by the Polish artist Zieliensky ) representing two soles of sandals symbolizing the venue.
- Station V
An inscription on the architrave of the door commemorates the encounter between Jesus and Simon of Cyrene , who was entrusted the task of carrying the heavy cross of Christ at Golgotha (the Calvary ), the place of the Crucifixion. Aside from John , this episode is confirmed by the Gospels.
- Station VI
A church belonging to the Greek Catholics preserves the memory of the encounter between Jesus and Veronica , which can also see the tomb. It was during this meeting that St. Veronica wiped Christ's face with a veil of silk and which would print the features of his face. This holy relic is kept since the eighth century in the Basilica of St. Peter's in Rome.
- Station VII
The venue for the second fall of Jesus is marked by a column, located at the crossroads of the Via Dolorosa and the picturesque and lively Market Street.
- Station VIII
On the wall outside a monastery Orthodox Greek carved a small cross blackened by time. It was here that Jesus met the pious women. These women had followed him, weeping, on the way to Calvary. This episode is recounted in the Gospel according to Luke at the beginning of the chapter (Luke 23-27-28).
- Station IX
The third fall of Jesus is commemorated by a pillar of the Roman era at the entrance of a monastery, Coptic.
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