Stations of the Cross

From ancient times, Christians have made pilgrimages to holy places. In the medieval period, when pilgrimage to Jerusalem was popular, people there began to walk the traditional path Jesus took from his arrest to his passion and death. Because not everyone could travel to Jerusalem, the church began to offer local pilgrimage liturgies – Stations of the Cross. Stations of the Cross can be said as a private form of prayer or as a public liturgy. 


The version of the service in this booklet comes from the Saint Augustine Prayer Book. While it differs slightly from the version found in the Book of Occasional Services, the text is based on the same sources.