Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitations of Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem which is believed to the be the actual path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary. The object of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions and the stations can be found in most Western Catholic as well as in a number of Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches.
Stations of the Cross[]
Tradional[]
- Jesus sentenced to death
- The Carrying of the Cross
- The First fall
- Jesus meets his Mother
- Simon Helps Jesus Carried the Cross
- Veronica wipes Jesus' Face
- The Second Fall
- Jesus meets Pious Women of Jerusalem
- The Third Fall
- Jesus Stripped his Garments
- Jesus nailed on a Cross
- Jesus Dies on the Cross
- Jesus is taken down from the Cross
- The Burial
- The Resurrection
Scriptural[]
- The Agony at the Garden
- The Arrest and Betrayal
- the Sanhedrin Court
- Peter's Denial
- Pilate's Judgement
- The Flagellation and Crowning of Thorns
- Jesus Carries the Cross
- Jesus is Helped by Simon
- Jesus meets the Women of Jerusalem
- Jesus was Nailed to the Cross
- Jesus and the Repentant Thief
- Jesus entrust Mary and John
- Jesus Dies on the Cross
- The Burial
New[]
- The Last Supper
- The Agony at Gethsemane
- Jesus before the Council
- The Flagellation and Crowing of thorns
- Jesus Carries the Cross
- Jesus falls under the load of the Cross
- Jesus is helped by Simon
- Jesus meets the Women of Jerusalem
- Jesus was nailed at the Cross
- Jesus promises at the Repentant thief
- Jesus entrusts Mary and John at the Foot of the Cross
- Jesus Dies on the Cross
- The Burial
- The Resurrection