Roma, Italy
Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 14
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+39067726641
What an unforgettable and sacred experience, to climb the same stairs that Jesus would have climbed too.
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This largely unnoticed building at the right side of the Basilica of St John Lateran holds one of the most important relics in all of Christianity - The Holy Stairs. Christian tradition holds that Jesus Christ climbed them before his crucifixion. They led to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem. A few days before Easter, the stairs were uncovered for the first time in 300 years. In 2019, the bare marble stairs were available for the pilgrims to climb, uniting their sufferings with the sufferings of Christ.
What remains of the Patriarch is the ancient seat of the Popes before the Vatican. One of the places where the devotion of the Christian faithful is expressed by climbing the steps of the staircase on their knees. At the end of the climb you can peek through the windows of the chapel of the Sancta Sanctorum, the image of Christ that tradition wants painted by San Luca. The chapel was covered with fourteenth-century frescoes and in the lower part by Byzantine mosaics. Beautiful.
What breaks your heart is to see the many who'd do all it takes to do something for God. This is where you'd see people on their knees climbing up a flight of stairs what traditon would have us believe are steps from Pilate the governor's house. They forget that it is God who did everything by sending His Son to die on the cross to take the place of every believer who puts his or her trust on Jesus Christ. It is God who did everything that's needed, not man trying to please God. That's the gospel of Jesus Christ. Would you believe Him today for the salvation of your soul?
Very calm and quiet place to pray
Scala Santa is an obvious religious landmark, it is special, however, I have never seen so rude service of any place, zero empathy or friendly feelings, which struck me especially in contrast to the holy place around. I was estonished. I will not come back nor recommend :(((.
This is well off the main tourist route and may be it should stay that way. It is more a place of pilgrimage than a tourist attraction. Nevertheless it was a fascinating place to spend some time and it its own way rather beautiful. In a building designed by Domenico Fontana in 1589 are two surviving parts of the old Lateran Palace belonging to Helena the mother of the Emperor Constantine. The first is the Scala Santa the holy staircase. The 28 steps are said to have come from the home of Pontius Pilate's house and therefor used by Christ during his trial. The steps are considered so holy that no foot can touch them so the faithful climb the steps on their knees. The second is the Chapel is St Lawrence or Sancta Sanctorum (Holy of Holies) which contains numerous relics. The most important being an image of Jesus - the Acheiropoetion, said to be the work of St Luke.
Currently under restoration but still accessible. The central stairs are the ones said to have been brought from the Holy Land by St. Helena, believed to be the steps of Pontius Pilate's palace which Christ walked down on his way to be crucified. These can only be climbed on your knees, but there are also stairs to either side which you can walk up and down. At the top is a modern chapel and the Sancta Sanctorum, the personal chapel of the medieval popes containing a holy image - 3.50 entrance.
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