Kamogawa Church 鴨川福音教会

Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross
for Children

1. Jesus is condemned to death

2. Jesus accepts the cross

3. Jesus falls the first time

4. Jesus meets His Mother

5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross

6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

7. Jesus falls the second time

8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem

9. Jesus falls the third time

10. Jesus is stripped of His garments

11. Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross

12. Jesus dies on the cross

13. Jesus' body is removed from the cross (Deposition or Lamentation)

14. Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense.

Lent

Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Conventionally, it is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.

This practice was virtually universal in Christendom until the Protestant Reformation. Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but most, such as Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, and Episcopalians, do.

Lenten Calendar 2012

Clean Monday (Monday, February 20, 2012)

Ash Wednesday (Wednesday, February 22, 2012)

First Sunday of Lent (Sunday, February 26, 2012)

Second Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 4, 2012)

Third Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 11, 2012)

Feast of Saint Patrick (Saturday, March 17, 2012)

Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) (Sunday, March 18, 2012)

Feast of Saint Joseph (Monday, March 19, 2012)

The Annunciation of the Lord (Sunday, March 25, 2012)

Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday) (Sunday, March 25, 2012)

Palm Sunday (Sunday, April 1, 2012)

Holy Thursday (Thursday, April 5, 2012)

Good Friday (Friday, April 6, 2012)

Holy Saturday (Saturday, April 7, 2012)

Easter (Sunday, April 8, 2012)

Christian Holy Days: