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A shrine to the Virgin Mary, or Marian shrine, is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion.
The Marienschrein (Shrine of Mary) in Aachen Cathedral is a reliquary, donated on the order of the chapter of Mary around 1220 and consecrated in 1239. Along with the Karlsschrein , the artwork, which is from the transitional period between romanesque and gothic , is among the most important goldsmith works of the thirteenth century.
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krzeszów; Basilica of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima (Lewiston, New York) Basilica of the Omni-mediatress of All Glories; Basilica Shrine of St. Mary (Wilmington, North Carolina) Beauraing; Bechouat; Belmont Abbey, North Carolina; Black Madonna of Częstochowa; Black Madonna ...
The shrine is run by diocesan clergy with the assistance of a community of the Brothers of St. John. A few of the saints who have had a particular devotion to Our Lady of Laus include Saint Eugène de Mazenod (1782–1861), founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate ; and Peter Julian Eymard (1811–1868), founder of the Blessed Sacrament ...
The Archdiocesan Marian Shrine, formerly known as the Milwaukee Fatima Shrine and the National Shrine to Our Lady of Fatima, is of the Roman Catholic Church and a shrine to the Virgin Mary. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee , which acquired the property from the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary . [ 1 ]
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St. Mary's Forane Church at Koratty, in the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, is the most revered Marian pilgrim centre in India after Velankanni (Vailankanni). Millions of devotees from far and wide come to this shrine, which is one of the biggest apparition sites in India.
The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection.