The Stations of the Cross are usually a series of pictures or statues. They can use any artisitic medium.
The Way of the Cross.
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.
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 second station is Jesus accepts the cross (Jesus carries the cross).
no. That is one of the major changes Luther made to the church. There are those who do practise that on Good Friday, but it is not compulsory.
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The Stations of the Cross are actually a private devotion, although sometimes done together in a group in the Church. As a private devotion there is no set ritual to them.
Kings Cross and Charing Cross.
Every parish chooses its own medium. Some are made of plaster, others of carved wood and others of cast metal or resin.