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The Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) is marked by 14 Stations, each a chapel or marker depicting an incident in Jesus' final mortal journey.
1st Station Antonia Fortress: Pilate condemns Jesus.
2nd Station The Chapel of the Condemnation (Lithostratos): Jesus takes up the cross.
3rd Station Jesus falls under the cross for the first time.
4th Station Jesus meets his mother.
5th Station Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross.
6th Station A Jerusalem woman wipes Jesus' face, and the cloth takes up the image of Jesus' face Vera Nika in Greek means "true image", thus the woman becomes known as "Veronica".
7th Station Jesus falls for the second time.
8th Station Jesus consoles women of Jerusalem.
9th Station Jesus falls for the third time.
Israel. June 2004