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Medjugorje [note 1] (Serbo-Croatian: Međugorje, pronounced [mêdʑuɡoːrje] ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Our Lady of Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace (Croatian: Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer (Croatian: Majka Otkupitelja), is the title given to the visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to have begun in 1981 to six Herzegovinian Croat children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time in SFR Yugoslavia).
As the Medjugorje events had exceeded the scope of a local event, in January 1987, upon the suggestion of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Kuharić and Bishop Žanić made a joint communiqué in which they announced the formation of a third Commission under the direction of the Bishops Conference. The bishops would both ...
Čitluk (Serbian Cyrillic: Читлук, listen ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The area has the largest vineyards in the country, consisting mainly of Blatina , Žilavka , and Vranac grapes.
The village belongs to municipality Čapljina and Parish Medjugorje. It is a home to a Merciful Jesus Church, famous for the Merciful Jesus painting, visited by thousands of pilgrims each year, who visit the village while on their pilgrimage to Medjugorje.
On 24 June 1981, the alleged Marian apparitions occurred in Medjugorje.Vlašić entered into contact with the seers on 29 June 1981 and became their spiritual director. [12] [8] [13] Vlašić stayed in Čapljina until 17 August 1981, when he moved to Medjugorje without the bishop's approval [7] but with the approval of the Franciscan Province.
Medjugorje International Youth Festival, also known as Mladifest (lit. "Youthfest"), is an annual festival of Catholic youth organized in Medjugorje , Bosnia and Herzegovina , between 1 and 6 August, to mark the birthday of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus on 5 August, as claimed by the alleged seers of the presumed local Marian apparitions .
Herzegovina University (Croatian: Sveučilište Hercegovina, Latin: Universitas Studiorum Hercegoviniensis) was established in 2010 in Medjugorje by merging three independent higher education institutions into University.