it is called that cause it is where a person stands of falls like Jesus stood somewhere and he also fell for us
Jesus falls three times in the Stations of the Cross.
The traditional Catholic devotion of the Stations of the Cross typically includes 14 stations.
The Way of the Cross.
The Stations of the Cross are usually a series of pictures or statues. They can use any artisitic medium.
The Stations of the Cross are primarily prayed on Fridays during Lent.
The Stations of the Cross depict Our Blessed Lord carrying the cross up to His death and burial. Lent is the preparation for Christ to carry His cross, die on it, and be buried.
Usually a "living Stations of the Cross" mean that you have live people posed acting out or portraying each Station.
In Christianity, beginning prayer is called meditation. The Stations of the Cross are a simple way to meditate on the Passion and Death of Our Blessed Lord. The Church has long approved of this aid to meditative prayer, and enriched it with many indulgences over the centuries.
I don't think that many (if any) Protestant churches have the stations of the cross - I know Presbyterians and Baptists do not.
Stations of the Cross
The Protestant stations of the cross hold significance in the Christian faith as they symbolize the journey of Jesus to his crucifixion and resurrection. They differ from the traditional Catholic stations in that Protestants may have fewer stations or focus more on the spiritual meaning rather than specific events.
The second station is Jesus accepts the cross (Jesus carries the cross).