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Jerusalem: Via Dolorosa




Jerusalem: Via Dolorosa  

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Jerusalem. This mosaic depicting Jesus carrying the cross, the essence of his suffering and sacrifice, is in the Convent of the Sisters of Zion near the Second Station of the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Sorrow with fourteen Stations that Jesus passed through from the praetorium where he was judged to the hill of Calvary where he was crucified. The tradition of the Via Dolorosa or Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, began in the 13th century and was set in its present form in the 19th century. Nine of the fourteen Stations marked today are mentioned in the Gospels. The others were established by tradition.

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