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.

  • Beit Sahour the site of the Adoration of the shepherds ("Shepherds' Field").
  • Bethany, site of the resurrection of Lazarus.
  • Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus, marked in particular by the Church of the Nativity.
  • Burqin Church. According to Christian tradition, Jesus had passed through Burqin on his way to Jerusalem from Nazareth and as he was passing by the village he heard cries for help from ten lepers who were isolated in quarantine. He encountered them and passed his hand on their faces and then they were immediately cured. Since this miracle, the church became a station for many Christian pilgrims. This is also one of the world's oldest churches.
  • Deir Hijla, or Saint Gerasimos Monastery - located on the site where Mary, Joseph and Jesus used to rest during the Flight to Egypt. Also the place of the lavra of Saint Gerasimos. Near Jericho and Qasr al-Yahud.
  • Jacob's well in Nablus.
  • Jericho - the site of the Mount of Temptation and of the Sycomore Tree of Zacchaeus.
  • Mar Saba, the most important and largest monastery in the Holy Land and the resting place of Saint Sabas which was also the monk who built this monastery.
  • Qasr al-Yahud - part of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist (see Al-Maghtas and Bethany Beyond the Jordan). On the west bank of the Jordan River near Jericho. Has many abandoned Christian monasteries, only the Greek Orthodox monastery of St John has reopened.
  • Al-Qubeiba ("Franciscan Emmaus") - as the Franciscan tradition sees this as the biblical Emmaus, they built a large church at the site.

Eastern Christianity

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

Armenia

Croagh Patrick chappel, Ireland

Azerbaijan

Bulgaria

  • Rila Monastery - largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in 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

  • St. Thaddeus Monastery.

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-)

  • Anjara, Our Lady of the Mount Church - built around a cave, where by tradition Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the disciples rested during a trip between Jerusalem and Galilee.
  • Machaerus - the Herodian fortress where John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded.
  • Bethabara (Al-Maghtas) - the site of the baptism of Jesus, recognised by all major Christian denominations. On the east bank of the Jordan River across from Jericho. See also Bethany beyond the Jordan.
  • Mount Nebo - traditional site of the death of Moses and where he looked over to the "promised land"
  • Tell Mar Elias outside Ajloun - ruins of a large Byzantine church dedicated to the Prophet Elijah the Tishbite and located in the area of biblical Tishbe in Gilead.
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

  • Miercurea Ciuc, Transylvania. Whit Sunday gathering of (mostly ethnic Hungarian) Catholics.

Slovakia

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

UK

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.

East and Southeast 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

  • National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. One of the most venerated Marian images in Asia.
  • Our Lady of Manaoag is one of the Philippines' most widely visited Roman Catholic Pilgrimage sites and the patroness of the sick, the helpless and the needy.
  • Our Lady of Peñafrancia in Naga City is the patroness of ailments, moreover, the whole Southern Luzon. It is considered to be the one of the largest Marian pilgrimages in Asia.
  • Quiapo Church. Home to the much venerated Black Nazarene, a much venerated statue of Jesus Christ which many people believe has miraculous attributes

Latin America

Brazil

  • Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida - one of the largest churches in the world and receives about 8 million visitors per year.

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

USA

References

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  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.
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