A short distance up Aqabat Al Khanqah St from Souq Khan Al Zeit St, embedded in the stone wall on the left and marked with a red sign, is the stone and Latin cross marking the 8th Station, where it is said that Jesus told some women to cry for themselves and their children, not for him.
8th Station, Via Dolorosa
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