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Pilgrim at Mecca.
Pilgrim at Mecca. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored

In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Spirituality, in a narrow sense concerns itself with matters of the Spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and Faith, a transcendent reality This article is about the word for other meanings see Quest (disambiguation A quest is a journey towards a goal used in Mythology A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place or shrine of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. A shrine, from the Latin scrinium (‘box’ also used as a desk like the French bureau) was originally a container usually made of precious materials used Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a Proposition or Premise to be true Faith is a Belief in the trustworthiness of an Idea. Formal usage of the word "faith" is usually reserved for concepts of Religion, as in Members of every major religion participate in pilgrimages. A person who makes such a journey is called a pilgrim. A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'

Buddhism offers four sites of pilgrimage: the Buddha's birthplace at Kapilavastu, the site where he attained Enlightenment Bodh Gaya, where he first preached at Benares, and where he achieved Parinirvana at Kusinagara. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Kapilavastu is the name of an region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists, located close to Lumbini. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Bodh Gaya or Bodhgaya (Hindi बोधगया is a city in Gaya district in the In Buddhism, parinirvana ( Sanskrit: परिनिर्वाण parinirvāṇa; Pali: परिनिब्बाण parinibbāṇa WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kushinagar or Kusinagar (26

The Holy Land acts as a focal point for the pilgrimages of many religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith. The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind

In the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the visitation of certain ancient cult-centers was repressed in the 7th century BCE, when the worship was restricted to YHWH at the temple in Jerusalem. The Kingdom of Israel ( ( KJV Israel in Samaria) was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also often called the 'Kingdom of Israel' Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel. The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. See also Yahweh Tetragrammaton (from the Greek, meaning ' of four letters' (tetra "four" + gramma (gen Etymology The Hebrew name given in Scripture for the building is Beit HaMikdash or "The Holy House" and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name In Syria, the shrine of Astarte at the headwater spring of the river Adonis survived until it was destroyed by order of Emperor Constantine in the 4th century. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Astarte (from Greek Ἀστάρτη ( Astártē) is the name of a Goddess as known from Northwestern Semitic regions cognate in name origin Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century

In mainland Greece, a stream of individuals made their way to Delphi or the oracle of Zeus at Dodona, and once every four years, at the period of the Olympic games, the temple of Zeus at Olympia formed the goal of swarms of pilgrims from every part of the Hellenic world. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Dodona (from Doric Greek Δωδώνα Ionic Greek: Δωδώνη - Dodone) in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was a prehistoric When Alexander the Great reached Egypt, he put his whole vast enterprise on hold, while he made his way with a small band deep into the Libyan desert, to consult the oracle of Ammun. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' During the imperium of his Ptolemaic heirs, the shrine of Isis at Philae received many votive inscriptions from Greeks on behalf of their kindred far away at home. Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and is celebrated in their mythology as the ideal mother and wife patron of nature and magic friend of slaves sinners Philae ( Greek:) or Pilak or P'aaleq ( Egyptian: remote place or the end or the angle island) or Arabic

Although a pilgrimage is normally viewed in the context of religion, the personality cults cultivated by communist leaders ironically gave birth to pilgrimages of their own. Prior to the demise of the USSR in 1991, a visit to Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow can be said to have had all the characteristics exhibiting a pilgrimage — for Communists. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Red Square ( Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous City square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based This type of pilgrimage to a personality cult is still evident today on people who pay visits of homage to Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung, and Ho Chi Minh. Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Kim Il-sung ( 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in early For the city named after him see Ho Chi Minh City. Hồ Chí Minh (name

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Effects on trade

Pilgrims contributed an important element to long-distance trade before the modern era, and brought prosperity to successful pilgrimage sites, an economic phenomenon unequalled until the tourist trade of the 20th century. Encouraging pilgrims was a motivation for assembling (and sometimes fabricating) relics and for writing hagiographies of local saints, filled with inspiring accounts of miracle cures. A relic is an object or a personal item of religious significance carefully preserved with an air of Veneration as a tangible memorial Hagiography ( is the study of Saints. A hagiography, from Greek (hağios (ἅγιος "holy" or "saint" and graphē (γραφή Lourdes and other modern pilgrimage sites keep this spirit alive. Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean

Pilgrimage centres in various times and cultures

Antiquity

Many ancient religions had holy sites, temples and groves, where pilgrimages were made.

Bahá'í Faith

Main article: Bahá'í pilgrimage

Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, decreed pilgrimage to two places in his book of laws, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, Iraq, and the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran. A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí at the Bahá'í World Centre in Northwest Bahá'u'lláh ( ba-haa-ol-laa "Glory of God" ( November 12, 1817 – May 29, 1892) born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is a central book of the Bahá'í Faith written by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the religion A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí at the Bahá'í World Centre in Northwest Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad ( ( October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Shiraz ( شیراز Shīrāz) is the fifth most populated city in Iran and the capital of Fars Province. He, later, prescribed specific rites for each of these pilgrimages in two other religious texts. Later, `Abdu'l-Bahá designated the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahji, Israel as a site of pilgrimage, for which there are no rites. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ( ar عبد البهاء &lrm (23 May 1844 - 28 November 1921 born `Abbás Effendí, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Located in Bahjí near Acre Israel, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the Most holy place for Bahá'ís and represents their Qiblih [1]

Since Bahá'ís do not have access to the original two places designated as sites for pilgrimage, Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Acre, and Bahjí at the Bahá'í World Centre in Northwest Israel. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with The Mansion of Bahjí is a term used to describe a summer house in Acre Israel, where Bahá'u'lláh died in 1892 The Bahá'í World Centre is the name given to the administrative centre of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'ís can apply to join an organized nine-day pilgrimage where they are taken to visit the various holy sites, or attend a shorter three-day pilgrimage. [1]

Buddhism

Main article: Buddhist pilgrimage
Ancient excavated Buddha-image at the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Kushinagar.
Ancient excavated Buddha-image at the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Kushinagar. The most important places of pilgrimage in Buddhism are located the Gangetic plains of Northern India and Southern Nepal, in the area between New Delhi and WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kushinagar or Kusinagar (26
Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lhasa; they are kow-towing every few steps of the way.
Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lhasa; they are kow-towing every few steps of the way. Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European Lhasa, ( in English l̥ʰásə or in Tibetan; Chinese: 拉萨 Pinyin: Lāsà sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the Kowtow ( Cantonese Kau tàuh is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to touch the head to the ground

Gautama Buddha spoke of the four sites most worthy of pilgrimage for his followers to visit:[2]

Other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are: Savatthi, Pataliputta, Nalanda, Gaya, Vesali, Sankasia, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Rajagaha, Varanasi. Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Srāvastī or Sāvatthī ( Hindi: श्रावस्ती a city of ancient India, was one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha Paṭnā ( Hindi: पटना is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited Nālandā is the name of an ancient University in Bihar, India. Gaya[[http //gayabihnicin/]] is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. Sankassa (also Sankasia, Sankissa and Sankasya) was a city in India at the time of Gautama Buddha, thirty leagues from Savatthi. Kapilavastu is the name of an region of ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists, located close to Lumbini. Kosambi ( Pali) or Kausambi ( Sanskrit) was one of the greatest cities in India in the Buddha 's time (500 BC WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Rajgir is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Varanasi ( Sanskrit: वाराणसी Vārāṇasī, pronunciation) also commonly known as Benares ( or Banaras (बनारस

Other famous places for buddhist pilgrimage in various countries include:

Christianity

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Christianity.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Christianity. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sanctum Sepulchrum also called the Church of the Resurrection, ( Greek: Ναός της Αναστάσεως Naos tis Anastaseos
Some European pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in 2005.
Some European pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in 2005. Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World
Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral.
Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral. St Thomas Becket (c 1118 &ndash December 29, 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a

Pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land date from the 4th century, when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers like Saint Jerome. The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש Jerome (c 347 – September 30, 420) ( Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος 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. The Twelve Apostles (Greek apostolos, "someone sent out" e A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity A Christian martyr is one who is killed for believing in Christianity A Marian apparition is an event in which the Virgin Mary is believed to have Supernaturally appeared to one or more persons regardless of their religious faith This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary The crusades to the holy land were considered to be mass armed pilgrimages. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש

The second largest single pilgrimage in the history of Christendom was to the Funeral of Pope John Paul II after his death on April 2, 2005. Christendom usually refers to Christianity as a territorial phenomenon The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held on April 8 2005, six days after his death on April 2. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An estimated four million people travelled to Vatican City, in addition to the almost three million people already living in Rome, to see the body of Pope John Paul II lie in state. Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Pope

World Youth Day is a major Catholic Pilgrimage, specifically for people aged 16-35. World Youth Day is a youth-oriented Roman Catholic Church event It is held internationally every 2-3 years. In 2005, young Catholics visited Cologne, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In 1995, the largest gathering of all time was to World Youth Day in Manila, Philippines, where four million people from all over the world attended. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP

The major Christian pilgrimages are to:

Other important Christian pilgrimage sites


  • Assisi, Italy, St. Francis of Assisi and St Clare, relics
  • Ávila, Spain, St Theresa of Avila, relics
  • Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, Spain. Assisi (əˈsiːzi or /əˈsiːsi/ ( Latin: Asisium) is a Town in Italy in Province of Perugia, Italy, in the Umbria For the opera by Olivier Messiaen see Saint-François d'Assise. This article is about the Spanish city For other uses see Avila Ávila de los Caballeros ( Latin: Abila and Óbila The Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar (in Spanish Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community and former It's reputed to be the first church dedicated to Mary in history.
  • Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen, Germany. The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism especially in Germany at
  • Canterbury Cathedral associated with Saint Thomas Becket. Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a St Thomas Becket (c 1118 &ndash December 29, 1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170
  • Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada in honour of Our Lady of the Cape. Cap-de-la-Madeleine is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
  • Caravaca de la Cruz, Region of Murcia, Spain
  • Carey, Ohio to the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation. Caravaca de la Cruz (or simply and more commonly Caravaca) is a town and Municipality of southeastern Spain, in the province of Murcia, The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (Spanish Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia) is one of Spain 's seventeen autonomous communities Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3901 at the 2000 census. The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church and a shrine to the Virgin Mary, operated by Catholic pilgrims from the Middle East journey here to mark the Feast of the Assumption. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. This article is about the theological concept For the works of art with this title see Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Art and Roman Catholic Marian art. [3]
  • Cathedral of Chartres, France.
  • Miercurea Ciuc, Transylvania, Romania. Miercurea-Ciuc (Csíkszereda Szeklerburg Castle of the Székely) is the county seat of Harghita county Romania, in the Transylvania Whit Sunday gathering of (mostly ethnic Hungarian) Catholics. Pentecost (πεντηκοστή, pentekostē, "the fiftieth day" is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian Liturgical year, celebrated the Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary.
  • Croagh Patrick, Ireland. Croagh Patrick ( Irish: Cruach Phádraig) is a Mountain in the West of Ireland and an important site of Pilgrimage. Saint Patrick.
  • Conques, France
  • Cologne, Germany. Conques ( Concas in Occitan) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southwestern France. Relics of the Three Magi.
  • Częstochowa, Poland. Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 248894 inhabitants (2004 Black Madonna of Częstochowa is housed permanently in theJasna Góra Monastery
  • Etchmiadzin (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), Armenia. The Black Madonna of Częstochowa ( Czarna Madonna or Matka Boska Częstochowska in Polish, Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Jasna Góra links here For other places with that name see Jasna Góra (disambiguation. Etchmiadzin is the spiritual and administrative centre of the Armenian Apostolic Church
  • Glastonbury, England. The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a Dry point on the Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. St Joseph of Arimathea.
  • Goa, India. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country St. Francis Xavier
  • Hill of Crosses, Lithuania
  • House of the Virgin Mary, Turkey. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco The Hill of Crosses ( Lithuanian:) is a site of Pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the The House of the Virgin Mary ( Turkish: Meryemana or Meryem Ana Evi, "Mother Mary's House" is a Christian Pope John-Paul II declared the Shrine of Virgin Mary as a pilgrimage place for Christians. Pope [4]
  • Issoudun, France. Issoudun is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur
  • Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland
  • Kapel in 't Zand, Limburg
  • Kevelaer, Germany
  • Knock, Ireland
  • Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
  • La Salette, France, Our Lady of La Salette
  • Licheń Stary, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń
  • Lisieux, France. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland with 4400 inhabitants (as of 1998 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Kevelaer is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Knock (An Cnoc meaning The Hill – but now more generally known in Irish as Cnoc Mhuire, "Hill of (the Virgin Mary" is a small town in Lakefield (population 2400 is a village which is a part of the township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, and Peterborough County, Ontario, although it was La Salette can refer to La Salette Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County Ontario Canada La Salette-Fallavaux, a commune in the Isère La Salette is a small mountaintop village near Grenoble, France. Licheń Stary is a village with 1200 inhabitants on the Lichen Lake in the Greater Poland Voivodship, 15 km north of Konin Poland. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lichen is located in Greater Poland in a village called Stary Licheń, near Konin. Lisieux is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region of France. Saint Therese of Lisieux, burial place.
  • Lourdes, France. Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean Apparition of the Virgin Mary. Place of healing.
  • Mariazell, Austria. Mariazell is a small city in Austria, in Styria, well known for Winter sports, 143 km N Marian Shrine to Austria and Hungary
  • Međugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Međugorje ( roughly ''meh’-joo-gor-yeh'') is a town located in western Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina, around 25 km southwest of Mostar Apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the present.
  • Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. This is the mountain in Catalonia For other uses see Montserrat (disambiguation. The Virgin of Montserrat is housed permanently in the monastery of Santa María de Montserrat. The Virgin of Montserrat is a statue of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ venerated at the Santa María de Montserrat monastery in the Montserrat Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine Abbey located in the Montserrat mountain in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia
  • Mount Athos, Greece. Mount Athos (Όρος Άθως is a mountain on the Peninsula of the same name in Macedonia, of northern Greece, called in Greek Άγιον Orthodox monastic centre.
  • Mount Nebo, Jordan. Mount Nebo ( הַר נְבוֹ, Har Nəvō, جبل نيبو Jabal Nībū) is an elevated ridge that is approximately 817 meters (2680 feet Traditional site of the death of Moses. Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ
  • Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, traditional site of the Burning Bush and the reception of the Ten Commandments has been commemorated since the time of Constantine the Great
  • Nidaros, Trondheim, Norway. Saint Catherine's Monastery ( Greek:) on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of an inaccessible gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt is one For other places named Mount Sinai see Mount Sinai (disambiguation Mount Sinai (Arabic طور سيناء, Hebrew הר סיני also The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus as being located on Mount Horeb; according to the narrative the bush was on fire but was not consumed The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, are a list of religious and moral imperatives that according to Judeo-Christian tradition were authored by God and given Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine Nidaros was the old name of Trondheim (Trond(hjem sometimes Drontheim a city of Norway, in the Middle Ages. Shrine of St. Olav. 4th most visited pilgrimage site in Middle Ages.
  • Padua, Italy, St Anthony, relics
  • Paris (Sacred-Heart Basilica Basilica of the Sacré Cœur; and Saint Catherine Labouré)
  • Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland
  • Sacri Monti, Italy. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Saint Anthony ( August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231) also venerated as Saint Anthony of Lisbon and Saint Anthony of Padua, Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Sacré-Cœur Basilica ( French: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, "Basilica of the Sacred Heart" is a Roman Catholic Basilica and popular Saint Catherine Laboure ( May 2, 1806 &ndash December 31, 1876) was a sister of the Daughters of Charity and a Marian visionary Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew, was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Roman Catholic collegiate church (with between The Sacri Monti ( Italian for "Sacred Mountains" of Piedmont and Lombardy are a series of nine groups of Chapels and other The Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy.
  • San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, St Pio from Pietrelcina
  • Guadalupe, Spain
  • Santo Toribio de Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
  • El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, USA
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City. San Giovanni Rotondo is the name of a city and Comune in the Province of Foggia, Puglia region southern Italy. Pietrelcina is a town and Comune in the Province of Benevento in the Campania region of southern Italy. The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe ( Spanish: Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a monastic establishment in Guadalupe, Santo Toribio de Liébana is a Monastery located in the district of Liébana, near Potes in Cantabria, Spain. Cantabria is a Spanish province and Autonomous community with Santander as its capital city El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayó, New Mexico, USA. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe or Virgen de Guadalupe is a 16th century Roman Catholic Mexican Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Apparition of the Virgin Mary.
  • St. Andrews, Scotland, it is said that Saint Andrew was given, by God, directions to the location of St. St Andrews (Cill Rìmhinn is a Town and former Royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland. Andrews
  • St. Patrick's Purgatory, Donegal, Ireland
  • St. Thomas Mount, India. For the mediaeval account of the Knight Owein's visit to Lough Derg see Legend of the Purgatory of St St Thomas Mount is a small hillock located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Place where St. Thomas was martyred.
  • Taizé Community, France, modern monastery that actively encourages pilgrimages to it
  • Święta Lipka, Poland
  • Trondheim, Norway. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Nidaros Cathedral, shrine of St. Olav.
  • Turin, Italy. Holy Shroud.
  • Vatican City, Italy
  • Vailankanni, India. Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest 16th-century Marian apparition site.
  • Walsingham, England. This refers to the English village for other uses see Walsingham (disambiguation Walsingham is a Village (actually two conjoined Virgin Mary apparition site.
  • Wittenberg, Germany. Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a Town in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the Elbe Church of Martin Luther and centre of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time
  • Žemaičių Kalvarija, Samogitia, Lithuania. Žemaičių Kalvarija - is small town in Plungė district municipality, Lithuania. Samogitia ( Samogitian: Žemaitėjė, Žemaitija literally lowlands) is one of the five Ethnographic Regions of Lithuania. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the

Hinduism

Pilgrim in Pashupatinat.
Pilgrim in Pashupatinat.

Hindus are required to undertake pilgrimages during their lifetime. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Most Hindus who can afford to go on such journeys travel to numerous sites described in the following list.

Hindu Pilgrimage Sites

The last four sites in the list together comprise the Chardham, or four holy pilgrimage destinations. Allahabad ( Hindi: इलाहाबाद Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is a city in the north Indian state of Uttar Arunachala refers to the holy hill at Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, where the Annamalaiyar Temple, a Temple of Lord Shiva is located Ayodhya (अयोध्या IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district Varanasi ( Sanskrit: वाराणसी Vārāṇasī, pronunciation) also commonly known as Benares ( or Banaras (बनारस WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Chidambaram is a Municipality and taluk ( Tehsil) headquarters in the Cuddalore district WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the Kali temple see Dakshineswar Kali Temple Dakshineswar, Dharmasthala (Kannada:ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ) is a temple town in Karnataka. 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Mandher Devi temple is the Kalubai temple in Mandhradevi near Wai ( Satara District, Maharashtra, India) WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Mayapur (মায়াপুর is located on the banks of the Ganges river at the point of its Kailasa redirects here For the band see Kailasa (band Mount Kailash (Devanagari कैलाश पर्वत( Kailāśā Parvata http//wwwmapsofindiacom/maps/maharashtra/roads/nashik_roadjpg Nashik (नाशिक WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Nathdwara is a Town in Rajasthan state of western India. Palani Murugan Temple is one of the most famous Murugan temples in India. Pazhamudircholai is a Hindu Temple located 10 miles north of Madurai, India atop a hill covered with dense forests WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Puri is a city in the east Indian state of Orissa. 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Islam

Main article: Hajj

The pilgrimage to Mecca – the Hajj – is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world The Five Pillars of Islam (Arabic أركان الإسلام is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. It should be attempted at least once in the lifetime of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to do so. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. It is the most important of all Muslim Pilgrimages.

Many Muslims also undergo ziyarat, which is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the prophet Muhammad, his companions, or other venerated figures in Islamic history, such as Shi'a imams or Sufi saints. Ziyarat is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his companions, or other venerated figures in Islamic history IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Sites of pilgrimage include mosques, graves, battlefields, mountains, and caves. A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger

Local Pilgrimage traditions - those undertaken as ziarah visits to local graves, are also found throughout Muslim countries. Ziyarat is a pilgrimage to sites associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his companions, or other venerated figures in Islamic history In some countries, the grave sites of heroes have very strong ziyarah traditions as visiting the graves at auspicious times is a display of national and community identity. Some traditions within Islam have negative attitudes towards grave visiting.

The third religiously sanctioned pilgrimage for Muslims is to the Al Quds mount in Jerusalem which hosts Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic:المسجد الاقصى /æl'mæsdʒɪd æl'ɑqsˁɑ/ {{Audio|ArAqsaMosque The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة translit

Another important place for Muslims are the city of Medina, the second holiest place in Islam, in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad rests, in Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Mosque of the Prophet); and the district of Eyüp in Istanbul (fourth holiest place) is where Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan), the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, died during the Arab assault on Constantinople in 670. Medina mɛˈdiːnə (المدينة المنورة ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ or المدينة ælmæˈdiːnæ also transliterated into English as For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics The Mosque of the Prophet (or Prophet's Mosque) ( Arabic: المسجد النبوي) /mæsʤıd ænːæbæwı in Medina, is the second holiest History Although this area lies outside the city walls, there was always a village here as the two streams provided plenty of fresh water and in the Byzantine period Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576-645 - born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb in Yathrib - hailed from the tribe of Banu Najjar and was a close companion ( Arabic Muslims regard as Prophets of Islam ( Arabic: نبي) those non-divine humans chosen by Allah as Prophets IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS

Judaism

The Wailing Wall is all that remains of the Western wall of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The Wailing Wall is all that remains of the Western wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Western Wall (הכותל המערבי translit: HaKotel HaMa'aravi) sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel (lit Etymology The Hebrew name given in Scripture for the building is Beit HaMikdash or "The Holy House" and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name

See related article Three pilgrim festivals. The Three Pilgrimage Festivals, known as the Shalosh Regalim (שלוש רגלים are three major festivals in Judaism &mdash Pesach (

Within Judaism, the Temple in Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, until its destruction in 70 CE, and all adult men who were able were required to visit and offer sacrifices known as the korbanot, particularly during Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Etymology The Hebrew name given in Scripture for the building is Beit HaMikdash or "The Holy House" and only the Temple in Jerusalem is referred to by this name Year 70 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Korban ( Hebrew: "sacrifice" קרבן (plural Korbanot קרבנות in Judaism, is the term for a variety of sacrificial offerings Passover ( Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח Pesach, Tiberian: pɛsaħ Israeli: Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage Hebrew: שבועות, lit Sukkot ( also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical Pilgrimage

Following the destruction of the Second Temple and the onset of the diaspora, the centrality of pilgrimage to Jerusalem in Judaism was discontinued. The Second Temple (בית המקדש romanized 'Beit HaMikdash' meaning 'Holy House' was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem which stood between 516 BCE and 70 CE The term Diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά &ndash " a scattering or sowing of seeds " refers any population sharing common ethnic Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the In its place came prayers and rituals hoping for a return to Zion and the accompanying restoration of regular pilgrimages (see Jerusalem, Jews and Judaism). Zion ( Hebrew: צִיּוֹן ( Persian: صهیون tziyyon; Tiberian vocalization: tsiyyôn; transliterated Zion Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the

Until recent centuries, pilgrimage has been a fairly difficult and arduous adventure. But now, Jews from many countries make periodic pilgrimages to the holy sites of their religion.

The western retaining wall of the original temple, known as the Wailing Wall, or Western Wall remains in the Old City of Jerusalem and this has been the most sacred site for religious Jews. The Western Wall (הכותל המערבי translit: HaKotel HaMa'aravi) sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel (lit The Western Wall (הכותל המערבי translit: HaKotel HaMa'aravi) sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel (lit Pilgrimage to this area was off-limits from 1948 to 1967, when East Jerusalem was controlled by Jordan. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern

Some Reform and Conservative Jews who no longer consider themselves exiles, still enjoy visiting Israel even if it is not an official "pilgrimage. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out Exile means to be away from one's home (ie city state or country while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return "

Secular pilgrimage

In modern usage, the terms pilgrim and pilgrimage can also have a somewhat devalued meaning as they are often applied in a secular context. Secularism is generally the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from Religion or religious beliefs For example, fans of Elvis Presley may choose to visit his home, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. Graceland is the name of the 138 acre estate and large white-columned mansion that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Similarly one may refer to a cultural center such as Venice as a "tourist Mecca".

Communism

In a number of Communist contries, secular pilgrimages were established as an "antidote" to religious pilgrimages, the most famous of which are:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Smith, Peter (2000). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Red Square ( Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous City square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall ( commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, or the Mao Mausoleum, the final resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Karl Marx House museum (Karl-Marx-Haus is the house in Trier ( Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) in which Karl Marx was born in 1818 it Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. This article identifies the burial places of founders of world religions. Junrei (巡礼 is the word most commonly used for either of two major types of Pilgrimages in Japan, in accordance with Buddhism or Shinto. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Many religious traditions have a most sacred site, a physical location which is considered especially holy A Romería in Spanish or "Romaria" in Portuguese is a religious Pilgrimage. A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield' "Pilgrimage". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. p. 269. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.  
  2. ^ The Buddha mentions these four pilgrimage sites in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. For the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra see Nirvana Sutra. ---- The Mahaparinibbana Sutta is a Buddhist Sutra in the Digha Nikaya See, for instance, Thanissaro (1998)[1] and Vajira & Story (1998)[2].
  3. ^ Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation official website
  4. ^ House of the Virgin Mary listing at www. Ephesus. US

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pilgrimage

-noun

  1. A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.
  2. (by extension) A visit to any site revered or associated with a meaningful event.
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