Calvary (other)
Calvary is the hill in Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. Calvary may also refer to: Religion * Calvary (sanctuary), a type of monumental stations of the cross built on the slopes of a hill * Calvary (monument), a type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine Arts and entertainment * Calvary (2014 film), ''Calvary'' (2014 film), a 2014 film * Calvary (1920 film), ''Calvary'' (1920 film), a 1920 British silent drama film * Calvary (Amstel), ''Calvary'' (Amstel), a 1525–1549 copy of a lost painting by Jan van Amstel * Calvary (Angel), "Calvary" (''Angel''), a 2003 episode of the television series ''Angel'' * Calvary (Antonello da Messina), ''Calvary'' (Antonello da Messina), a 1475 painting by Antonello da Messina * ''Calvary, Charles Bridge'', a sculpture by Emanuel Max in Prague, Czech Republic * ''Calvary of Hendrik van Rijn'', a 1363 painting commissioned by van Rijn * ''Calvary'', a 1971 opera by Thomas Pasatieri * ''Our Lady of Calvary'', ...
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Calvary
Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now enclosed within one of the southern chapels of the multidenominational Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a site said to have been recognized by the Roman empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant scholars proposed a different location near the Garden Tomb on Green Hill (now "Skull Hill") about north of the traditional site and historian Joan Taylor has more recently proposed a location about to its south-southeast. Biblical references and names The English names Calvary and Golgotha ...
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