The Stations

Stations of the Cross refers to a series of artistic representations depicting Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion in the final hours of his life, sometimes known as the Passion of Christ; and to devotions commemorating the Passion that use the series of 14 stations. Participants often move physically around a set of stations.

  1. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Cynthia Reynolds / Matt Rodgers)
  2. Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested (Barry Sherbeck / John Pollard)
  3. Jesus is condemned by the Sanhedrin (Eugenia Sherman Brown / Mary Strait)
    “He is Worthy of Death”
  4. Jesus is denied by Peter (Eugenia Sherman Brown / Mary Strait)
    “Dawning Realization”
  5. Jesus is judged by Pilate (Leslie Iwai / David Yentsch)
  6. Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns (Leslie Iwai / Beth Heimann)
  7. Jesus takes up His cross (Gary Nauman / Matthew Gharrity)
  8. Jesus is helped by Simon to carry His cross (Cynthia Reynolds / Paul LeFeber)
    “Give It Back”
  9. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem (Melody Harrison Hanson / Tom Hanson)
  10. Jesus is crucified (Betsy Delzer / Ben Delzer)
  11. Jesus promises His kingdom to the repentant thief (Betsy Delzer / Ben Delzer)
  12. Jesus entrusts Mary and John to each other (Gary Nauman / Matthew Gharrity)
  13. Jesus dies on the cross (Melody Harrison Hanson / Tom Hanson)
  14. Jesus is laid in the tomb (Barry Sherbeck / Matt Rodgers)
  15. Resurrection (seven visual artists / Kirsten Miller)