The Via Dolorosa Tour: See all 14 Stations of Christ's Path to the Cross, Holy Sepulchre Church

Location
1. The Via Dolorosa starts (Station 1) at the original place of the Antonia Fortress, which is currently a Muslim Elementary School.
2. Station 1 is located on Lion’s Gate St., several hundred yards (m.) inside the Old City west of the Lion’s Gate.
3. The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Historical Background
1. Via Dolorosa means “The Painful Path.”
2. It’s the route Jesus walked as he went from His trial before Pilate at Antonia’s Fortress to His crucifixion at Golgotha.
3. The Via Dolorosa has 14 stations honoring the events that took place as Christ made His way to Golgotha to be crucified.
4. In the 4th century, Byzantine pilgrims followed a similar path to the one taken today but did not stop along the way.
5. During the 8th century the route changed, it began at the Garden of Gethsemane, headed south to Mount Zion, then returned around the Temple Mount to the Holy Sepulchre.
6. The present route was marked out by the Franciscans in 1342 after the Ottoman Sultan granted them authority over the Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
7. Nine of the events are biblical, and five are taken from traditional beliefs handed down over the centuries.
Places of Interest
1. Lions’ Gate
2. Temple Mount
3. Antonia Fortress
4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
5. Ecce Homo Arch
6. Original stone pavement section
7. Old City wall in the time of Christ

[janiliebenberg]

Thankyou dear Jesus that you died for me and took away all my sin and shame. Love you Yeshuah my Messiah.😍😘😍

[richardbester]

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man would lay down his life for his friends." Thank you Jesus for the love that you show us, For the mercy that you pour out upon us, and for the resurrection that destroyed death and restored life within us.

[alenahawke]

Thank you for dying on the cross for me. I love you Papa!🙏✝️❤️

[yakovmatityahu]

Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on your people and reign among your own...thank you for coming down for sinful people like me and dying to save me and purchasing me with your blood...

[alyceweirick]

I ❤ the older lady who stopped to listen around 15:19. How sweet

[sharoncarrier]

Another interesting and informative video. It is heartbreaking to think what Jesus our Lord suffered for we sinners. Thank you Pastor. Great video. God Bless You.

[rohtati]

I am speechless but very much grateful. Thank you My Lord Jesus.

[drprincearockiadosssebasti]

Thank you very very much dear Pastor for this wonderful Via Dolorosa video and accurate Bibilical narrative, very valuable, very much grateful to you all, God Bless !

[ananiasablona]

Thank you Jesus for the gift of life, may you forgive our daily sins. In Jesus name we pray. AMEN

[Gaylerd]

great explanation. wonderful. We serve a wonderful Jesus!

[tonysmith]

Thanks for this valuable video paster about Via Dolorosa Lord forgive our sins and wash away our sins with his precious blood. Amen

[dorisballarddawjballard]

Thank you Jesus for giving your blood for me.

[pammaynard]

My daughter-in-law, Brenda, and my son, Gerald, truly enjoy watching Pastor Fink in The Holy Land teach Biblical truths.
Thank you, Pastor Fink!!!

[emmanuelmaster]

Thanks a lot pastor and the whole team I'm blessed by seeing all this I was not knowing this much in detail thanks a lot for showing the suffering of Jesus Christ God bless you more and more

[dawnloyd]

Thank you my Savior for dying for my sins to give me eternal life with you. Such great love!! I Love You Jesus my Lord!!

[susanwangui]

Thank you so much especially this vedio has helped to understand the way of the cross well...during this time of passover

[janiliebenberg]

A very clear and precise video. Thankyou Pastor. Love from South Africa 😘😍

[rosemarycharlie]

Thank you pastor Mike, I'm so much in tears watching this video, where our king was walking, it's so beautiful love to go to The Holy Land one day...thank you once again Pastor Mike.may God Bless you & family🙏❤️🙏

[mariafefuentes]

We adore you O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

[elizabethrodriguez]

You always do an amazing job! Greatly continue to bless you!