Table 8. Stations of the ‘Via Dolorosa

No. Historical events and places Location on site Image for prayer
1 Court: to be sentenced to death Entrance of the promenade Decision toward suffering
2 Street: to be insulted with crown of thorns and red robes Cherry tree shelter Place of insulting and suffering
3 To fall from exhaustion painful ways of suffering On the steep slope Painful ways of suffering
4 To meet Mary Hiking trail junction, Building view Consolation
5 Simon carries cross to help Jesus Around the ‘Gethsemane hill’ Participation on suffering
6 Castle gate: Veronica washes Jesus’ face Puddle of the valley Serving Jesus through washing
7 Hill road: Jesus secondly falls from exhaustion Uphill road Way to go
8 To console women in Jerusalem Flat road Communal mourning
9 Jesus thirdly falls Uphill road Lonely way
10 Hill: soldiers stripped Jesus and forced Him to drink vinegar and bile Downhill road Insulting
11 Jesus crucified Rock hill with pine tree, Sunset view Life fading away
12 Jesus dying on the cross Panoramic view of retreat center Darkness and sacrifice
13 Disciples released Jesus from cross Downhill road, Graveyard view Courage of person daring to releasing Jesus from cross
14 Cave: Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus Around the ‘The grotto at dawn’ New resurrection