First station of the Via Dolorosa.
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Chapel of the First Station.
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Early Christian mosaics and inscriptions.
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Actual starting place of the First Station.
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Third Station.
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Fourth Station.
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Fifth Station.
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Sixth station.
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Seventh Station.
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Eighth Station.
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Ninth Station. The guy in the funky hat leads the procession. He wears the hat because Turkish policemen used to protect Christian processions and it became a matter of tradition. The rest of the stations are in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and I haven't taken individual photos of them (many are in the same place).
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The stone on which the myrrh bearers anointed Jesus.
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Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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The Sepulchre entrance.
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Greek Orthodox chapel behind the Holy Sepulchre.
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Golgotha. This is the rock on which our Savior died.
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Closeup of the altar etc.
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Closeup of altar.
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Closeup of icon.
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Rock of Golgotha.
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