List of Christian pilgrimage sites

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This is a list of sites notable as destinations of Christian pilgrimage, sorted by region and by (modern) country.

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This page has a wider view of the topic, while the "pilgrimage church" page offers Catholic sites.

This is a list of sites commonly visited by Christian pilgrims. For a list of Roman Catholic churches often visited by pilgrims, see Pilgrimage church.

Old World

The Holy Land

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

The Holy Land is the location of many events in the Old Testament and New Testament. This list is arranged alphabetically following the entry for Jerusalem.

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The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Eastern Christianity

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

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

Armenia

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Etchmiadzin Cathedral

Artsakh (de facto)

Bulgaria

Egypt

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Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Ethiopia

Georgia

Greece

India

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

Iran

Jordan

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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-)

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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

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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

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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

Germany

Hungary

India

Ireland

Italy

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St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

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

Poland

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

Portugal

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

Spain

Romania

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

Slovakia

Greek Catholic
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Litmanová, a Marian apparition.
  • Basilica minor of the Dormition of the Mother of God of Ľutina, the largest Greek Catholic pilgrimage in Slovakia, held every August 15
Roman Catholic

Switzerland

United Kingdom

New World

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

Rwanda

Uganda

East and Southeast Asia

Japan

South Korea

  • Seoul Martyrs Way

Indonesia

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

Malaysia

Philippines

Vietnam

Latin America

Argentina

Brazil

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 at 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

Honduras

  • The Basilica of Our Lady of Suyapa (Spanish: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa or Basílica de Suyapa) in Tegucigalpa is the largest church in Honduras. Dedicated to the Marian apparition of Our Lady of Suyapa, it receives approximately 1.2 million pilgrims each year on February 3, arriving from other parts of Honduras and the world.

Guatemala

North America

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Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec

Canada

United States

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

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