Pilgrimage
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- Pilgrimage
- Information about Pilgrimage
- A pilgrimage is usually seen as a journey to a particular holy place for a religious reason.
- There are no particular rules about pilgrim in Christianity
- Throughout the 20000 years of history many people have made a pilgrimage to the holy land & various sites in Europe.
- People go on pilgrimage for different reasons
- to visit the places associted with the life & ministry of Jesus
- to strengthen their faith
- to help them feel closer to god
- In the hope of healing miracles & cures for themeselves or others
- Many people hope for a religious / spiritual experience
- The holy land
- Bethlehem
- The birthplace of Jesus
- Bethlehem was also know as the city of David
- Pilgrims go to visit the church of Nativity in Manger square which is built on the site where the stable is believed to have been
- The prophets said that the messiah would be born in the city of David.
- Nazareth
- The place where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce that she was to birth to a son.
- Mary & Joseph returned here after their time in Egypt.
- Pilgrims go to visit the church of Mary's well & the Churvch of the aAnnunciation -both are associated with th S
- Galilee
- It is here where Jesus walked on water,calmed the storm, & helped the fishermen catch thousands of fish on a day where they had caught none.
- It is on the banks of the Sea of Galilee that Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes, and where he gave the Sermon on the Mount.
- Pilgrims can visit the Church of the Beatitudes build where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount, and the Apostle Peter’s house at Capernaum, a village on the shores of Galilee.
- Jerusalem
- The capital city and location of the Temple.
- It was here that Jesus was presented for circumcision at eight days old, and where he returned for his Bar Mitzvah at age thirteen
- Pilgrims can visit the walls of the Temple, the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, the Via Dolorosa where the fourteen Stations of the Cross are marked, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (believed to be the place of the crucifixion). They can also visit the Garden Tomb.
- Bethlehem
- Europe
- Lourdes
- Lourdes is a village in south-western France.
- In 1858 a young girl called Bernadette experienced visions of the Virgin Mary.
- . The Apparition of the Virgin spoke to Bernadette on a number of occasions and instructed that a chapel should be built.
- The underground spring at Lourdes is said to have healing powers and Lourdes is now a major pilgrimage centre receiving more than five million visitors each year.
- The new underground church built in 1958 holds 20,000 worshippers.
- Walsingham
- The village of Little Walsingham is in Norfolk, England. In 1061 Lady Richeldis saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.
- . The Virgin Mary asked her to build an exact replica of the house where the annunciation had taken place.
- . It is believed that angels left the completed building, created overnight, 200 feet away from the original builders’ site.
- Later, a priory/monastery was built, and the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham was added to the Holy House
- . The shrine has a Holy Well where pilgrims are sprinkled with the water, and from where they take Holy Water for the sick.
- Rome
- Rome was the original centre of the Christian Church in the west
- It is still the centre and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Pilgrims come to visit Vatican City, the home of the Pope, St Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo.
- Thousands of pilgrims gather at St Peter’s square every year to receive the Pope’s blessing when he speaks from his balcony in the Vatican
- The city of Rome is home to literally thousands of churches, and catacombs – caves underground where the early Christians met and worshipped in secret before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.il
- Lourdes
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