VIA DOLOROSA

The Via Dolorosa ("the way of sorrow") is the path upon which Jesus walked carrying His cross to Calvary to be crucified. For centuries Christians have walked this street to remember His suffering and death. The Via Dolorosa starts at the Antonia where we find Pilate’s judgment hall and ends at Golgotha the place of the skull. In the Sisters of Zion Convent can be seen the actual pavement that Jesus walked on 2,000 years ago. The Ecce Homo Arch is over the Via Dolorosa and marks the spot where they say that Pilate spoke the words, "Behold the man." Some say that Christians began walking this path almost immediately after the death and resurrection of Jesus as they remembered His suffering. There are stations along the Way to the Cross that commemorate the events of that walk of sorrow.