{"id":123318,"date":"2021-04-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/?post_type=en-post&#038;p=123318"},"modified":"2021-09-09T16:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:48:05","slug":"the-way-of-the-cross-history-devotion-faith-and-quirks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/en\/the-way-of-the-cross-history-devotion-faith-and-quirks\/","title":{"rendered":"The way of the Cross: history, devotion, faith\u2026 and quirks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Way of the Cross begins with kids screaming and playing <\/strong>in the courtyard of the al-Omariyya Islamic school. Hidden in the underground, below the feet of pupils and pilgrims, the remains of a huge roman fort. The once majestic rectangular building with four towers known as Antonia Fortress stood in the north-west corner of the Mount Temple, controlling the movements of Jewish people in Jerusalem\u2019s temple. The fortress was destroyed with the temple by romans themselves under the command of Titus in 70 A.C.. In the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century what was left of the building was used to build the palace of the Turkish governor. As a result it was natural for pilgrims, coming from the old continent in order to visit the terrestrial Jerusalem and doing so to obtain access to paradise, to identify the Antonia fortress or the palace of the governor, as the location of the roman praetorship. Here Pontius Pilate stayed when, left his mansion in Caesarea, he came in Jerusalem to give orders to the troops and administrate the justice. <strong>Here Jesus was condemned to death<\/strong>. Here also stands the first station of the Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_37afbf-2b\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel kb-gallery-id-_37afbf-2b kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-fluid-carousel kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-type=\"fluidcarousel\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\" data-slider-speed=\"3000\"><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123289\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/olympus-digital-camera-59\/\" class=\"wp-image-123289 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-I-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br>I Station-Jesus is condemned to death<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123290\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/olympus-digital-camera-60\/\" class=\"wp-image-123290 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-II-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br>Station II &#8211; Jesus is loaded with the cross<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-1000x687.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"687\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123291\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o\/\" class=\"wp-image-123291 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-1000x687.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-400x275.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-240x165.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-2048x1406.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-1080x742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-1280x879.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-980x673.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mab_070528_6477_22359735613_o-480x330.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><br><br>The Roman slabs of the pavement of the Church of the Flagellation<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The second stations is located inside the chapel of the Condemn and imposition of the Cross in the church of the Flagellation. The church was built by Franciscans in the first half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century on the medieval remains returned to the religious order by the governor of Egypt Ibrahim Pasha. The funds used for the operation came from the very first Bavarian pro terra Sancta collection and were brought in Jerusalem by Maximilian of Bavaria the first. Restored in a medieval-like manner by the architect Barluzzi Antonio in 1927-29, the same author of the basilica of the Transfiguration of Mount Tabor and of the church the Agony in the mount of Olives, the location of the second station is characterized by <strong>the flooring made by reused stone slates where the roman chariots\u2019 cut is still visible<\/strong>. From here we are tacking the Via Dolorosa sassing under the Ecce Homo arch, a roman triumphal arch with three fornixes dating back at 135 A.C. and now incorporated in the homonymous basilica after being enriched with a two windows loggia. According to the tradition born with the first pilgrims, from this loggia Pilate introduced Jesus to Jerusalem\u2019s people with the words \u201cEcce homo\u201d or \u201cHere is the man\u201d, explaining the name of the basilica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the late Middle Age, the Via Crucis ended at the 7<sup>th<\/sup> station but we will now cross the market and climb up a little bit more. On the wall we will walk by there is a very peculiar graffiti: <strong>a small Malta cross and the Greek letters IC XC NIKA <\/strong>meaning \u201cJesus Christ Victorious\u201d. Here is the eight station where Jesus comforted the ladies of Jerusalem (luke 23, 28). The path is now at a dead-end and, in order to reach the ninth station, we will go back to the market and toward the Coptic Patriarchate. Here a column reminds us where Jesus fell for the third time. Going through a small passage in between the cells of the Ethiopic orthodox monks where once the courtyard of Saint Elena chapel stood, we will take a shortcut and end to the Holy Sepulcher were the last five stations are. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_c64167-c8\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel kb-gallery-id-_c64167-c8 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-fluid-carousel kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-type=\"fluidcarousel\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\" data-slider-speed=\"3000\"><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-1000x668.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123294\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/p1140289\/\" class=\"wp-image-123294 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-1000x668.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-2048x1368.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-1280x855.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-980x655.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1140289-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Stations III and IV &#8211; Jesus falls for the first time, Jesus meets his mother<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-1000x750.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123292\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/img_3680\/\" class=\"wp-image-123292 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3680-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">V Station &#8211; Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-750x1000.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123293\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/img_3683\/\" class=\"wp-image-123293 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3683-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Il tratto pi\u00f9 caratteristico della Via Crucis<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the route going towards Damascus\u2019 Gate, you\u2019ll get to the third station where Jesus fell for the first time. The place is signaled by a 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century chapel belonging to the Armenian Catholics. The fourth station, the one where Jesus meets his mother Mary, is at the entrance of the Armenian Patriarchate. The church of \u201cthe fainting of Our Lady\u201d is a 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century building standing on <strong>the remains of a roman villa and a byzantine temple<\/strong> dedicated to the goddess of knowledge, Sophia, as the mosaics discovered under the flooring may suggest. Something rather curious: <strong>the sandals of the mosaic were presented to pilgrims as the footprints of Jesus or Mary<\/strong>. Reality is that the subject was rather common at the time and was usually reserved to entrance halls to suggest people visiting to take their shoes off in order not to dirty up the floor! The meeting between Jesus and Simon of Cyrene, the one helping Jesus transporting his cross, happened nearby a small Franciscan oratory dated to the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century standing next to a building identified in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Century as the house of the rich Epulon (Luke 16, 14-31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now in front of the most characteristic tract of the way of the Cross: a long stairway with arches above going up to the current bazar, the marketplace. The sixth station, where Veronica cleans Jesus\u2019 face, is here. Veronica has a specific etymology: in Latin \u201cvera\u201d means \u201creal\u201d and in Greek \u201ceikon\u201d means \u201cimage\u201d. <strong>The features of Jesus\u2019 face were miraculously impressed on a cloth<\/strong>, in a similar way to the Holy Shroud venerated in Turin. The episode is also reminded in the popular orthodox icons of the Mandylion and of the Acheropita Christ, the \u201cnot made by human hands\u201d one. Going up you\u2019ll end up at&nbsp; cross between the Cardo maximum (the North-south axis) and the decumano (East-west axis) of the roman time Jerusalem, known as Aelia Capitolina. This is a colorful and loud neighborhood: it\u2019s the location of the Old city market, the bazar. Between stands and merchants, the Franciscan church hosts the seventh station where Jesus fell for the second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_92abfd-de\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel kb-gallery-id-_92abfd-de kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-fluid-carousel kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-type=\"fluidcarousel\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\" data-slider-speed=\"3000\"><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123295\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/olympus-digital-camera-61\/\" class=\"wp-image-123295 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-VI-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Station VI &#8211; Veronica wipes Jesus&#8217; face with a cloth<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-750x1000.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123296\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/img_3693\/\" class=\"wp-image-123296 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3693-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Station VII &#8211; Jesus falls for the second time<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-1000x676.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"676\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090.jpg\" data-id=\"123297\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/mp_jerusalem_090\/\" class=\"wp-image-123297 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-1000x676.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-400x270.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-240x162.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-1080x730.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-980x662.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090-480x324.jpg 480w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MP_Jerusalem_090.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">VIII Station &#8211; Jesus consoles the weeping women<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123298\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/olympus-digital-camera-62\/\" class=\"wp-image-123298 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Via-Dolorosa-IX-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> XI<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the southern aisle of the Basilica we are reminded of the episode of Jesus undressed of his robes and going on towards the chapel of the Calvary we will end up at the eleventh station where<strong> Jesus is nailed on the cross, a very humiliating torture reserved by romans to slaves<\/strong>. At the East end of the left aisle there is a silver disc hidden under the orthodox altar as a signal of the place where the cross stood up, the station number twelve. At the right of the altar there is a split in a rock said to be the one opened by an heart quake at the very moment Jesus died (Matthew 27, 51). The rock reminds us of the presence of the chapel of Abraham underneath, the grotto were Goffredo of Buglione, commander of the crusaders during the occupation of Jerusalem in 1099 A.C., and his brother Baldovino, first Latin king of Jerusalem, were buried. Nearby the Latin altar there is the station number 13 dedicated to the deposition, an episode traditionally linked to the Anointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stone of the Anointing Stone, nearby the main entrance of the basilica, is a red marble stone slab above which eight lanterns are suspended as a reminder of the faiths worshipping the relic. In order to reach the last station of the way of the Cross, the tomb of Christ, the Holy Sepulcher, you need to go past the Stone of Anointing and then towards the Aedicule at the center of the rotunda of the Resurrection, the Anastasis built by the emperor Constantine. The aedicule is a small temple dated to 1810 and it consist of the chapel of the Angel and by the tomb itself. The original shrine, mostly represented on the sarcophagi of the first Christians, should have looked like an open and empty tower whilst the current one is a representation of an ancient Jewish mausoleum. Inside the aedicule, on a pedestal, there is<strong> the fragment of the round stone that closed Christ\u2019s tomb<\/strong>. Going through a very small door, you will enter in the tomb: here you\u2019ll see the stone slab over where Jesus\u2019 body was laid to rest. Here the way of the Cross ends and another devotional path starts: only three days to the resurrection. Only three days left until Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery kb-gallery-wrap-id-_0e2888-9f\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel kb-gallery-id-_0e2888-9f kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-fluid-carousel kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-type=\"fluidcarousel\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\" data-slider-speed=\"3000\"><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123300\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o\/\" class=\"wp-image-123300 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/gerusalemme_9797354726_o-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Calvary &#8211; X, XI, XII Stations<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123301\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/olympus-digital-camera-64\/\" class=\"wp-image-123301 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Edicola-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The aedicule. XIV Station &#8211; Jesus is laid in the sepulcher<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123302\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/img_8425\/\" class=\"wp-image-123302 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8425-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Greek Orthodox Altar of the Crucifixion <\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-carousel-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-1000x667.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-scaled.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"123303\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.proterrasancta.org\/it\/la-via-crucis-storia-devozione-tradizione-e-curiosita\/img_1007\/\" class=\"wp-image-123303 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/preprod.proterrasancta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1007-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Stone of Anointing<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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