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List of Christian pilgrimage sites

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This is a list of sites notable as destinations of Christian pilgrimage, sorted by region and by (modern) country.

This page has a wider view of the topic, while the "pilgrimage church" page offers Catholic sites.

Old World

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The Holy Land

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

The Holy Land, location of many events in the Old Testament and New Testament. After Jerusalem, the list is alphabetical.

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Eastern Christianity

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Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette
Croagh Patrick chappel, Ireland

Sites associated with Eastern Christianity in Eastern Europe and the Near East (excluding the Holy Land proper).

Armenia

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Etchmiadzin Cathedral

Artsakh (de facto)

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Bulgaria

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Egypt

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Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Ethiopia

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Georgia

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Greece

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India

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Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in India is a 16th-century Marian apparition shrine.

Iran

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Jordan

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Al-Maghtas ruins on the eastern side of the Jordan River are the location for the Baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist.

Alphabetically by noun, ignoring the Arabic article (al-, el-)

Our Lady of Lebanon

Lebanon

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Romania

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  • Iași, where over 1 million pilgrims from all over Romania and neighboring Orthodox countries supposedly queue to touch the relics of Saint Paraskevi

Russia

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Serbia

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  • Djunis monastery near Kruševac is the most visited shrine in Serbia, dedicated to the Theotokos

Syria

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Turkey

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Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral

Ukraine

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Western Christianity

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Sites associated with Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism, including sites now in Protestant parts of Europe).

Austria

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  • Mariazell. Marian shrine to Austria and Hungary

Belgium

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  • Banneux – Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1933 [1]
  • Beauraing – Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1932 [2].

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Medjugorje – Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1981

Czech Republic

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Finland

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  • Kirkkokari, the only Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in Finland.

France

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Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux

Germany

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Hungary

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India

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Ireland

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Italy

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St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Latvia

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Lithuania

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Netherlands

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Norway

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  • Nidaros, Trondheim. Shrine of St. Olav. 4th most visited pilgrimage site in Middle Ages.

Poland

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Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki, the global center of Divine Mercy
An ancient pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela

Portugal

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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, in Cova da Iria, Fátima, Portugal

Spain

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Romania

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Basilica minor of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Mariánska hora in Levoča, the largest pilgrimage site in Slovakia

Slovakia

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Greek Catholic
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  • Shrine of Our Lady of Litmanová, a Marian apparition.
  • Basilica minor of the Dormition of the Mother of God of Ľutina, largest Greek Catholic pilgrimage in Slovakia, held every August 15
Roman Catholic
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Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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New World

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Pilgrimage sites in parts of the world reached by Christianity in the early modern or modern era, including the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast and East Asia.

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Rwanda

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Uganda

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East and Southeast Asia

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Japan

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South Korea

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  • Seoul Martyrs Way

Indonesia

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  • Sendangsono. Central Java; The first native Javan baptized by Rv. Van Lith, SJ

Malaysia

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Philippines

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Vietnam

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Latin America

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Brazil

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Costa Rica

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  • Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels – the pilgrims walk from all around the country with the goal of arriving on 2 August to the Basilica in Cartago, that date is the feast day of the feast day of Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula (on which the Portiuncola Indulgence could be gained) and a national holiday due to the pilgrimage.

Mexico

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Honduras

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Guatemala

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  • Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Antigua, Guatemala

North America

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Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec

Canada

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United States

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Catholic
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Eastern Orthodox
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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References

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  1. ^ "Hebron/Al-Khalil Old town (Palestine) No 1565". UNESCO.
  2. ^ "Shushi City of Artsakh attracts tourists from Armenia and Diaspora". news.am. 7 November 2014. The rebuilt Temple St. Kazanchetsots is a popular place of pilgrimage for tourists from Armenia and the Diaspora.
  3. ^ House of the Virgin Mary listing at www.Ephesus.US
  4. ^ "Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur". Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  5. ^ "Mariapocsi-zarandokhaz.ur". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  6. ^ The Aglona Catholic Basilica
  7. ^ Bedevaartplaatsen in Nederland / Dl. 3, Provincie Limburg / m.m.v. Antoine Jacobs en Ottie Thiers. P.J. Margry, Charles Caspers, Antoine Jacobs. Amsterdam: Meertens Instituut. 2000. ISBN 90-6550-568-7. OCLC 772713609.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ "Kibeho". Visit Rwanda. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. ^ Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation official website
  10. ^ Diocese of Green Bay Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Catholic News Service". Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Home". shrineofmariapoch.com.