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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.
As the Medjugorje events had exceeded the scope of a local event, in January 1987, upon the suggestion of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Kuharić and Bishop Žanić made a joint communiqué in which they announced the formation of a third Commission under the direction of the Bishops Conference. The bishops would both ...
Our Lady of Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace (Croatian: Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer (Croatian: Majka Otkupitelja), is the title given to the visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to have begun in 1981 to six Herzegovinian Croat children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time in SFR Yugoslavia).
The Saint James Church is a Catholic parish church located in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The church was consecrated in 1969 and is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The church is under the patronage of James the Great and is run by the Franciscan order of Bosnia.
Čitluk (Serbian Cyrillic: Читлук, listen ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The area has the largest vineyards in the country, consisting mainly of Blatina, Žilavka, and Vranac grapes. [2]
The Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order (Albanian: Shteti Sovran i Urdhrit Bektashi; pronounced [ʃtɛti sɔvɾan i uɾðɾit bɛktaʃi]) is a proposed European microstate and city-state that would be enclaved entirely within Tirana, the capital of Albania, at the current World Headquarters of the Bektashi.
In August 1984, Vlašić was replaced by Franciscan friar Slavko Barbarić, [23] who, unbeknownst to Žanić, was already working in Medjugorje. [24] After the whole affair settled and the Prusina and Vego lost their priestly jurisdictions, [25] Žanić found out that Vego had made a nun pregnant and went to live together near Medjugorje. [26]
It is claimed by the visionaries of Our Lady of Medjugorje, that the Virgin gave them a vision of Zovko while in prison in October 1981. Zovko claims to have had a vision of Our Lady in April 1983. The Bishop revoked his priestly jurisdiction because of disobedience and his activity in Medjugorje, a decree soon afterward confirmed by Rome in 1989.