There are some terms whose meaning can vary greatly. Moreover, this can happen not only because of the context, but also because of several semantic colors that these terms have. In order not to look silly in a particular situation, people try to learn such words. However, there are times when a person cannot understand the essence of a certain concept. For example, many people do not know what Golgotha is. And if anyone understands that this is a mountain in Jerusalem, he does not know at all what other meaning this word carries. To shed light on the mystery of the concept of “Calvary”, we plunge into the history of the origin of Christianity.
Mount Calvary
In Hebrew, the word “calvary” is “frontal place”. In other words, the territory in which people were executed. In Christianity, this term represents one of the most important shrines and places of worship of all Christians. According to the legends, Golgotha is the name of the mountain on which Jesus Christ was crucified.
Thus, this place is the personification of the end of the earthly life of the son of God and the beginning of his heavenly stay until the Day of Judgment.
For the history of Golgotha, as the place of the crucifixion of Jesus, plays a rather important role. It should be remembered that important or even crucial historical events flared up at this place. It is not known exactly what happened at Calvary, if you do not take into account the classical version of events. Therefore, at present, all the events from the life of Jesus Christ are undergoing comprehensive study in order to shed light on them of truth.
Historic Location
If we talk about Calvary as a “frontal place” on which Jesus Christ met his fate, then it must have real geographical coordinates. Given the traditions of the 1st century AD that reigned then in Jerusalem, Calvary was outside the city walls. This was done so as not to desecrate the sacred borders of the city with unholy action (execution). Therefore, in the 1st century Golgotha was located in the north-west of the city. Nowadays, on this place is located the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, located in the old quarter of Jerusalem.
At the moment, this is, in fact, an ordinary building, in which there are three Christian shrines: the Holy Sepulcher, Calvary, the plate of the Anointing. There are other versions of the historical location of Calvary. Some scholars are confident that this place was located in the north of Jerusalem in close proximity to the Damascus Gate. There is a legend that Golgotha is the burial place of Adam himself, but no supporting facts were found.
Another understanding of the word "Golgotha"
There is an expression: "everyone will ascend to Calvary." In the vastness of domestic countries, this expression has undergone small changes and therefore reads as follows: "everyone carries his own cross." Although these are two different sentences, the meaning is the same.
It should be remembered that Jesus sacrificed himself for the salvation of mankind. He preached love and understanding, but his father is the lord of heaven or God was angry with people, so we all bear our own cross in life, ascend to our Golgotha. In this context, “Golgotha” and “the cross” represent problems, life's turmoil, personal suffering and other obstacles that prevent one from moving forward in life.
Many theologians interpret this judgment differently. According to them, the one who is able to climb Calvary is worthy of forgiveness and success in life. In other words, overcoming difficulties, we repeat the feat of Jesus, we experience his suffering. Everyone will ascend to Calvary, because all people are God's creatures, the same as Jesus himself. In recent history, the word "Golgotha" is used in other meanings, for example, to denote a place where a person has already very hard times.
Norilsk Golgotha
Very often the term “Golgotha” is used to describe places where a person is subjected to inhuman torture or thrown into completely unsuitable conditions for life. In the history of the USSR there is a rather unpleasant page telling about the hard labor of prisoners in places of imprisonment of the Gulag system. "Norilsk Golgotha" is the coined name of a correctional plant located in the north of modern Russia, beyond the Arctic Circle. The place is interesting in that its construction took place rapidly, and most importantly - at the hands of the very prisoners who were serving their sentences there. Particular mortality of people was caused by the fact that prisoners worked day and night to increase the standard of production. This fact leads to the notoriety of the Norilsk mining plant as one of the most terrible places for the conclusion of the NKVD system.
Christian symbolism
The Christian religion is full of various symbols. One of them is the cross of Calvary.
This schematic symbol is represented in the form of an Orthodox cross, which is located on Mount Calvary, usually depicted in the form of steps on both sides of the cross. Under the steps are the skull and bones, which indicates death, constantly present at this place. A spear and a cane with a sponge emerge from the base of the cross.
In modern Christian traditions, the symbol of the cross of Golgotha is practically not used, with the exception of embroidery on the analogue and paraman.
Conclusion
So, in the article we resorted to the facts that made it possible to find out that “Golgotha” is not only the historical place of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but also a spiritual term that has a deep meaning. Nevertheless, scholars are still studying this historical phenomenon with the goal of its most accurate knowledge. Perhaps the term has a completely different meaning, which we have no idea.