The eighth station is marked by a Latin cross, engraved on the wall of the Greek monastery. It marks the place where Jesus comforts the weeping women of Jerusalem: "You, women of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but over you and your children!" (Luke 23:28)

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For some reason everyone seems to need to put their finger in the hole in the cross leading to quite some polish of the stone.

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