Chapel of the Cross

Already in the ancient times its sight promised the penitents, having absolved the arduous ascent across the historical Via Dolorosa, redemption from their sins, but still reminded them in a dismal way on their inevitable mortality.

The gloomy interior enshrines the famous relief of “Christ in the Wine Press”, a picturesque embodiment of the allegory of the Blood of Christ which, as the Wine of Redemption, nurtures Mankind’s hope for forgiveness of their sins.

Relief:
“Christ in the Wine-Press”

Maybe it is the mystical aura of the relief, which nourished some yet unexplained incidents in the past.

From time to time a breeze, bearing the air of the Supernatural, seems to blow across the old winemaker’s village…


So it happened, some day in the past, a musicology professor remained silent in humble prayer, as, if from out of nowhere, the chanting of the Augustinian nun’s antiphonal from the Stuben monastery reached his ears. Since centuries though, the erstwhile Augustinian nun’s monastery lay in ruins on the opposite bank of the Moselle.

Over 200 years had passed since the last nun of the Stuben monastery raised her voice in liturgy…


From the dark times of the last war, there is something strange to report as well: One morning, on Easter Sunday, to women were praying for divine aid for their sons, who were fulfilling their duty at the frontline.
Out of the corner of the eye, they noticed a figure, garbed in priestly robes. A closer look revealed the apparition as being the former pastor of Eller. But this pastor just recently died, and should have already rested in his peaceful grave…

Conceit? Misperception? The truth is still uncertain. Perhaps you should dare the ascent across the Via Dolorosa yourself. And who knows – perhaps the old Chapel holds a secret for you as well, that is not explainable by common measures…