List of Christian pilgrimage sites

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

The Holy Land

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

Eastern Christianity

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

Armenia

Croagh Patrick chappel, Ireland

Artsakh (de facto)

Bulgaria

Egypt

Georgia

Greece

  • Mount Athos. Orthodox monastic centre.
  • Tinos.
  • Patmos. Traditionally the island where John the Apostle received Revelation.
  • Saint Nicholas of Spata Road to Saint Nicholas.

India

Iran

Jordan

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

Romania

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

Russia

Serbia

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

Syria

Turkey

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

Ukraine

Western Christianity

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

Austria

  • Mariazell. Marian shrine to Austria and Hungary

Belgium

  • Banneux - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1933
  • Beauraing - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1932 .

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Medjugorje - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1981

Czech Republic

Finland

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

France

Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux.
  • The several churches and basilicas in Lourdes - associated with Marian apparitions receive over 5 million pilgrims a year, making Lourdes the second most visited Christian pilgrimage site in Europe after Rome.
  • Paris - the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, and Basilica of Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre
  • Basilica of St. Thérèse (Lisieux) - in Normandy. The second pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes, with over 2 million visitors per year.

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

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

Poland

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

Portugal

Spain

Romania

Greek Catholic
  • 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

Switzerland

United Kingdom

New World

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

Japan

South Korea

  • official international pilgrimage seoul martyrs way

Indonesia

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

Malaysia

Philippines

Brazil

Costa Rica

  • 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

Guatemala

Nuestra Senora de la Merced, Antigua, Guatemala

North America

Canada

United States

References

  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. Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation official website
  8. Diocese of Green Bay Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Catholic News Service". Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  10. https://www.shrineofmariapoch.com/
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