A rare snowy Christian journey on the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

welcome to a wonderful snowy day it happens once in a few years this year i must say it happened twice but this time it was different because you can see a lot of snow sadly it's actually started yesterday evening and that's it it's already melting um i'm at the via dolorosa on the way to the church of the holy sepulchre today i'm blessing that jerusalem cross and that's for uh michelle schutzenski and first of all michelle thank you very much um i'm blessing it for her but i'm blessing it for uh a friend and a family as well via de la rosa this is uh the way that jesus walked with the cross from the judgment place which was there that the via del rosa michelle started from there and you see that sign here we have dolorosa in hebrew arabic and english there are two stations station here we will start from the third one uh michelle mainly because i'm freezing and the first two is there and it's too early it's still close but we will start from the third station that's where jesus fell for the first time um i don't know who's uh i'm talking about the subscriber and the one who are watching my uh video right now i don't know who is a catholic and who's not then according to the catholic jesus fell three times there are actually more things that happened at the via de la rosa that are not mentioned in the bible uh the franciscans catholic studied the material and realized there were more things on the way that never mentioned in the bible for example it fell free time the first time second time in the third time i'm not mentioned in the bible then then how can it be michelle um he didn't i mean think about jesus he just came from the praetorium we were charged by father spillot he didn't eat he didn't drink they laughed at him they beat him he knows that he's going now to um to the crucifixion place happy wasn't uh can he fall yes he can and i must tell you that i'm following at least once a day at the via del rosa without any reason i hope that it won't happen today then that's where he felt for the first time and right here you can see another station of the via dolorosa you can see the face first of all you can see michelle right there the number of the station third station fourth station and you can see even the image of it i'll try to the closer it is and that's where mary met jesus now mary the bible mentioned that she was at a crucifixion place he saw their crucifixion which is horrible thing for her mother but let me tell you that i believe that mary tried to be next to jesus as much as he could than to be next to him and to meet him on the way of course it's a possibility it's an option michelle we are on the way to the fifth station that's where um saint simon helped jesus to carry the cross another important thing that i want you to understand that we are walking almost we are almost the only one there are no tourists but it's so cold that then they're not also people anyhow then we will be we might be the only one who had the vietnam rosa and look at the snow this video is different than other videos and there is where sentiment help jesus to carry the cross no saint simon as i believe went to the temple which is that way the romans saw the agony of jesus but they couldn't help him that's my law they could force someone else to help him then that's what he did they forced saint simon to help jesus sent him one was um a jew from libya of today what the jew of libya of today is doing in the city three times a year everyone had to be in the city that's why jesus was at the city it was passover every jew had to be there and according to tradition that he is where he was leaning and felt agony can you feel the agony as well let's climb up slowly to the sixth station that is where cevaronic saw jesus walking and it wasn't in uh january just like now michelle it was at um around after hot humid he was sweating then she looked at him and said should i help him should i clean his wet and that's what she did she knew that if she will do that the roman soldiers might stop her too they might even crucify her or kill her because she is helping their enemy and the good thing is that she did it she choose to do that michelle this is a woman power and if we will talk about all those 14 stations this one is the one that i really love mainly because that in that place someone helped jesus voluntarily since he wanted he was forced to do that it's in veronic station number six that column is from first century and you can see the word veronica what is it the end of the street is in front of you and that according to what we believe that was one of the gates of the city jesus was crucified at the places called the golgotha calvary which was outside the city today it's in the center of the city but that's mainly because the city is different from the city of 2000 years ago then in a way we are leaving the city from the time of jesus but let's look at the via del rosa let's go out of the city usually it's a main street but today because of the snow because it's quite cold and we're not used to it we are more like a desert people than in that case wait a minute it's going to be empty unless i believe the shops will be closed then this is the seventh station that's where jesus fell for the second time look at the main street oh you know what a little bit of snow then let's climb up to see the 8th station it's quite unique video um the no tourist i'm not working for more than two oh no almost two years next month but no there's not even sesame here just this is the eighth station that is where the women of jerusalem cried look at the birds nica estos jesus victory now let's go back to the seventh station gosh it's cold but i prefer that yeah let's say 40 degrees 105 degrees fahrenheit and humidity oh humidity this is my enemy i love cold weather or maybe because i we don't have a lot of days like that that seven station is in front of you but we are heading to the church of the holy sepulchre that way is to the jewish quarter and mount zion that way will take us to damascus gate and this is the main street it used to be the main street of of the city and when we build the church that we are going to visit soon at the fourth century it started from here now the church of the holy sepulchre that we are going to visit is a modern church more than from the fourth century jesus wasn't buried in a church and that part was already outside the city but there's another option it's called the garden tomb and it's outside the gate and some of the protestants church of england see it as the original place of their crucifixion and the burial site then there are two tombs of jesus in the city but at the 4th century the church started here see those two doors started from there good morning how are you good to see you 45 minutes to work yes why no we have a student seminary student but you don't have a bus or something no nothing i don't know if we have a train ah no no i think there will be a trend we have it i think so because they uh i was at jaffa road and they cleaned it for it now is it clean it's supposed to be no one let's cross our fingers yes see you see you bye bye i cannot tell you for sure but i think so okay thank you bye bye oh started to rain again marquette of she is a palestinian uh arab lady i love this so much because she's always positive 45 minutes to walk to work wow ah look at that then this is the muslim water we are now at a christian quarter and she is part of the egyptian coptic church no not a lot of people have walked here ah started to rain a little bit of snow filled with uh rain you can see the jewish water in front of you and let's run away there's a group that are heading to the church as well hi i want you to see the night station before they will night station is where he fell for the third time and we are on the way to two dominations and the first one is the coptic patriarch is here and i know that one of you is at least one of you is part of them and he asked me to visit antonio's chapel which is sadly so still close and the ethiopians as well hey i thought about you all day night that's where you're sleeping even yesterday and are you okay i was praying that someone would open the door for you no they didn't they didn't ask i'm sorry you did they didn't know you didn't ask for it i love you but take care of you this is the ninth station that's where you felt jacob see you in the church look how beautiful is that this is the church of the holy spirit the one that part that still survived ninth station and although i wanted to be alone here i thought i'm gonna be alone or some looks like israelis are here to take pictures and the snow it's something that we don't know then we are living now the coptic orthodox patriarch and we are entering into wow this is beautiful oh the door is closed and we have to make her run toward to reach the church but it was perfect look a pedophile it is this then we will have to make a detour nothing will happen to us um absolutely lovely then let's go back you don't need to see me walking all the way back then i will continue in three two one and three the church that we are going to visit um is mostly from 11th and 12th century because it's been destroyed so many times but originally the first visitors could visit it at the fourth century three three five eighty michelle let's go to see the uh plaza yeah i can see that there's snow still it's in the snow um michelle chuchenski it's a unique video for you let's let's close our fingers that across the figures that the church will be open look our amazing team and church is open amazing oops then first of all i have to take my hat off and now i feel even more difficult if it's okay by you michelle let's enter i'm freezing now oops oops oh and we will continue with with the via dolorosa according to the church unbelievable i thought i'm gonna be the only one but the photographer behind me will be there too or not let's climb here that we're climbing up to the golgotha the policeman asked me for my id he wanted to eject that i'm not coronavirus patient and this is coming on here this is the crucifixion place the golgotha saw that i was climbing up and everything happened here here they stripped him from his clothes right here you can see mailing to the cross part of the catholic chopin you could see the face of jesus and the mother standing next to him and can you feel the agony of her and mary magdalene anointing his body another station of the crucifixion is right in front of you you can see mary with a spear in her heart the pieta and we are leaving now the catholic part entering to the greek orthodox chapel and this is the crucifixion soon i will be there but first let's talk about it i don't want to disturb the priest wow it's it's warm here um that's where jesus was crucified you will see soon the crucifixion place john the disciple and married to the left of jesus on jesus cross on top of it he will see his sinless three languages four letters jesus from nazareth king of the jews yeshua notre dame the golgotha is covered with a glass mainly because people want to take some souvenirs and the table that is here is the place that i will bless that cross and if you want me to bless it for you as well if you just like michelle wanted a cross like that and then look at the description and look for the buy me a coffee link and there you can actually see it you will see how to to do that um if you won't find that link then just send me a message and i will send you the link of course i will send the cross to to you and in that way yeah uh mr scherzinski it's yours you will get it at home and you will have that video with you praying and michelle i'm praying for your family as well and if it's okay by you you didn't mention it but i know that you want me to pray for your friends too and for the peace of the world as well then let's go to bless it there [Music] oh thank you we are leaving now the golgotha and heading to the next place and um when a jew dies uh they bury him but before they bury him at the same day they will purify this body wait a minute my umbrella is making some noises so the noise here it is let me show the gold it's huh and that's where they purify this body you can see the nails you can see the mother mary magdalene and the only disciples that were with him at that time and dr diminus and joseph overmetia and this is the place ken and that is where they purify this body and the tomb i won't be able to go into the tomb with the camera it gives me permission perimeter permission once in a million times but i will bless it the minute we will say goodbye [Music] this is the tundra the tune is divided into two you can see the can the light that is where the angels took care that no one will steal the body of christ the inner part just behind it is the tour himself the tomb is from titan i mean this structure that nicola is from the 19th century it's from the 19th century mainly because it's been destroyed a few times but the site is jesus site and how do i know it what traditions uh why not to believe why not to accept it another station that's very important for me is mary magdalene that's where mary magdalene was standing at the resurrection time and that's where jesus was standing and if it's okay i want you to see one more thing um to show you i want you to see that there were tombs here from the time of jesus that one's been destroyed a few times but the enemies of the christians didn't destroy the one that he didn't care about and we believe that it might need joseph of armatia to remember that was the garden of his and he gave jesus his aunt that no one touched it no one used it before and here we're entering it to an old chapel with a lot of conflicts that's why no one actually renovated it but that one is from fourth century it's from the first church that was built here at the time of constantine and his mother saint helen but i'm i enter to here and now that i still have battery because the telephone told me that i don't have enough battery and that is a tube of joseph avery over remedy and no doubt about it this is the tomb from the first century that in that case the outcomes from the time of jesus here that answered the question for um the one who believe of the gardenton which i love i really love that place church of syria ceramic church and that's it i hope that you already subscribe my channel if you do have some questions please don't don't think twice i will be more than happy to answer it and as you can see i'm almost the only one here strange isn't it thank you very much and now i'm gonna bless the cross of yours there bye bye

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Length: 35min 45sec (2145 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 30 2022