What are the stations in the stations of the cross?

Answer 1

Mary, Jesus, Soldiers, Angels, Pontius Pilate, Veronica, Simon, Women of Jerusalem.

Answer 2

There are fourteen Stations of the Cross, some contemporary writers put in a fifteenth station for the resurrection, but this is neither historical nor legitimate as the Stations of the Cross are a prayer meditation for Lent.

1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus receives the cross
3. Jesus falls the first time
4. Jesus meets His Mother
5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
6. Veronica wipes Jesus' face with her veil
7. Jesus falls the second time
8. Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem
9. Jesus falls the third time
10. Jesus is stripped of His garments
11. Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
12. Jesus dies on the cross
13. Jesus' body is removed from the cross (Deposition or Lamentation)
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense.

Answer 3

1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus is given his cross
3. Jesus falls the first time
4. Jesus meets His Mother
5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
7. Jesus falls the second time
8. Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem
9. Jesus falls the third time
10. Jesus is stripped of His garments
11. Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
12. Jesus dies on the cross
13. Jesus' body is removed from the cross (Deposition or Lamentation)
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense

Answer 4

There are 14 stations all together. Some churches don't have all 14 for different reasons. The first station is about Jesus' sentence to die, through to the 14th station which is when he is being gently placed into the tomb.

Some have a 15th station for when he is Resurected. But it's not likely.

Answer 5

The Stations of the Cross are commonly prayed during the season of Lent. They are very commonly found on the walls of Catholic Churches, so a quick visit to your nearest neighboring church will likely have the following on the walls:

I. Christ condemned to death

II. Christ receives his Cross

III. Christ's first fall

IV. Christ meets Mary

V. Christ receives help from Simon of Cyrene

VI. Christ's face is wiped by Veronica

VII. Christ's second fall

VIII. Christ meets the women of Jerusalem

IX. Christ's third fall

X. Christ is stripped of his clothes

XI. Christ is crucified

XII. Christ dies on the Cross

XIII. Christ's body is taken down from the Cross

XIV. Christ is placed in the tomb

Occasionally churches have the Stations of the Cross in different locations. For example, in addition to having them on the walls inside the church, Our Lady of Peace Shrine in Santa Clara, CA has them nicely arranged along an outdoor path which connects to their large statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Answer 6

Because when the Franciscans made up the devotion, those are the fourteen ideas that they wanted to meditate on.

Answer 7

Technically, none. These were created by the traditions of men as visual aides.

Answer 8

7

Answer 9

15

Answer 10

12