The Lions' Gate is marked by four stone carvings of felines, two on each side of the arched portal. These figures, which represent the Mamluk Sultan Baybars, give the gate its name, though they are technically leopards rather than lions.…
Via Dolorosa Pilgrimage
Walk the historic processional route through the Old City of Jerusalem, stopping at the key churches and shrines that mark the stations of the cross.
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1. Lions' Gate
2. St. Anne's Church, Jerusalem
The Church of Saint Anne appears as a fortress-like stone structure, defined by thick, unadorned walls and Romanesque arches. Situated near the Lions' Gate in the Muslim Quarter, it sits on land that contains the ancient ruins of the Pools…
3. Church of the Flagellation
The Church of the Flagellation is a Roman Catholic chapel that marks the traditional second station of the cross. You can identify it by its golden, mosaic-clad dome, which is designed to resemble a crown of thorns. This building is part…
4. Church of the Condemnation
The Church of the Condemnation stands out along the Via Dolorosa for the five white domes that cap its roof. It sits within a Franciscan monastery complex that also holds the Church of the Flagellation, marking the traditional second…
5. Basilique de l'Ecce homo
The Basilica of the Ecce Homo is identified by the prominent Roman arch that spans the Via Dolorosa, anchoring the church to the city’s ancient history. Built in the mid-nineteenth century by the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion, the…
6. Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jerusalem
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows stands along the Via Dolorosa in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. Erected in eighteen eighty-one, this Armenian Catholic cathedral marks the traditional fourth station of the cross. It commemorates the…
7. Santa Veronica
The Church of the Holy Face and Saint Veronica is marked by a stone pillar set into the wall near its entrance. This location on the Via Dolorosa is traditionally identified as the site of the Sixth Station of the Cross, commemorating the…
8. כנסיית אלכסנדר נבסקי
The Alexander Nevsky Church is identified by an unassuming wooden door, marked with Cyrillic script, tucked into a narrow street within the Christian Quarter. Built between eighteen ninety-six and nineteen oh three, the structure is a…
9. Deir Al-Sultan
Deir Al-Sultan is a monastic compound situated on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It is a cluster of small, mud-plastered huts and domed chapels gathered around an open courtyard, sitting directly above the Chapel of Saint…
10. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is defined by a large, weathered stone facade featuring two arched doorways and a wooden ladder resting against a window ledge, a fixture that has remained in its place since the eighteenth century. Inside,…