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A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. The Calvary Church in Bonn with its holy stairway
The pilgrimage tradition was established by Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great and encouraged by church fathers like Saint Jerome. Pilgrimages also began to be made to Rome and other sites associated with the Apostles , Saints and Christian martyrs , as well as to places where there have been apparitions of the Virgin Mary .
A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, ... when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers including Saint Jerome, and established by Saint Helena, ...
It was customary to end the pilgrimage with a visit to the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul. Periodically, some were moved to travel to Rome for the spiritual benefits accrued during a Jubilee. These indulgences sometimes required a visit to a specific church or churches. Pilgrims need not visit each church. [1]
Wesley´s Chapel, the Mother church for Methodism, includes a museum and John Wesley's House next to the chapel. Winchester Cathedral, England. Associated with Saint Swithun; Penrhys, Wales In the medieval period the area became an important pilgrimage centre, known for Ffynnon Fair (English: Mary's Well), a well that still exists. Its chapel ...
The pilgrimage will stop at over 50 Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee from Tuesday to June 26. It's coming from the north — the first stop will be in Kiel — and will continue ...
The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or the Way of St. James in English, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.
Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...