The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Saint Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. In the twentieth year of his reign (326), the Emperor ...
were not the only sources in developing the Way of the Cross as we know it. The Byzantine influence of George of Nicomedia and Symeon Metaphrastes (9th and 10th centuries) promoted the meditation of ...
The Christian loves to follow the Way of the Cross in the Savior's footsteps. The Stations, from the Prætorium to Golgotha and the tomb, trace the passion and death of Christ, who by his holy ...
But where is Jesus? Identification Jesus’ face is never seen in this Way of the Cross. He is absent altogether from the First Station. So, who is the victim of anger, injustice or indifference? Is ...
Christ on the Cross between the two Thieves', 17th century. At the foot of the cross are the Virgin Mary with St John the Apostle (left) and Mary Magdalene and Mary the wife of Cleophas (right).