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 edit

The Holy Land edit

 
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 edit

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

Armenia edit

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

Artsakh (de facto) edit

Bulgaria edit

Egypt edit

 
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Ethiopia

Georgia edit

Greece edit

India edit

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

Iran edit

Jordan edit

 
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 edit

Romania edit

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

Russia edit

Serbia edit

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

Syria edit

Turkey edit

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

Ukraine edit

Western Christianity edit

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

Austria edit

  • Mariazell. Marian shrine to Austria and Hungary

Belgium edit

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

  • Medjugorje - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1981

Czech Republic edit

Finland edit

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

France edit

 
Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux.

Germany edit

Hungary edit

India edit

Ireland edit

Italy edit

 
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Latvia edit

Lithuania edit

Netherlands edit

Norway edit

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

Poland edit

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

Portugal edit

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

Spain edit

Romania edit

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

Slovakia edit

Greek Catholic edit
  • 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 edit

Switzerland edit

United Kingdom edit

New World edit

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 edit

Rwanda edit

Uganda edit

East and Southeast Asia edit

Japan edit

South Korea edit

  • Seoul Martyrs Way

Indonesia edit

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

Malaysia edit

Philippines edit

Vietnam edit

Latin America edit

Brazil edit

Costa Rica edit

  • 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 edit

Honduras edit

Guatemala edit

  • Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Antigua, Guatemala

North America edit

 
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec

Canada edit

United States edit

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

References edit

  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.