Calvary

Calvary

Calvary or Golgotha /ˈɡɒlɡəθə/ is the site – according to Christian belief – outside Jerusalem’s early-first-century walls where the crucifixion of Jesus occurred.

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    “shows its berries red
    In token of the drops of blood
    Which on Calvary were shed.”
    —Unknown. The Holly and the Ivy (l. 10–12)