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e. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [a] also known as the Church of the Resurrection, [b] is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] It is considered to be the holiest site for Christians in the world and has been the most important pilgrimage site for Christians since the fourth century .
Place where St. Thomas was martyred. Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, A Marian and Infant Jesus apparition site. One of the largest Catholic pilgrimage sites in Asia. Divine Mercy Shrine of Holy Mary Thodupuzha, Kerala is a Marian apparition site.
Pages in category "Status quo holy places". The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India. Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal. Shikoku Pilgrimage, Eighty-eight Temples pilgrimage in the Shikoku island, Japan. Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage, pilgrimage circuit that is composed of three independent pilgrimages (Saigoku, Bandō and Chichibu), consist of one hundred Temples. Parikrama.
The Second Temple ( Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠēnī, transl. 'Second House of the Sanctum' ), later known as Herod's Temple, was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE. Defining the Second Temple period, it stood as a pivotal symbol of Jewish ...
Islam. Mecca ( / ˈmɛkə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam. [3] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
Medjugorje [note 1] ( Serbo-Croatian: Međugorje, pronounced [mêdʑuɡoːrje] ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Medjugorje, a purported ...
