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The Cristo de La Laguna (Christ of La Laguna in English) is a wooden sculpture that represents the crucified Jesus of Nazareth. It is located in the Royal Sanctuary of the Christ, in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). It is the most venerated image of Jesus in the Canary Islands. [1]
The Camino de Santiago (Latin: Peregrinatio Compostellana, lit. ' Pilgrimage of Compostela '; Galician: O Camiño de Santiago), [1] or the Way of St. James in English, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried.
Sanctuary of Christ the King – is a famous Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, place of many pilgrimages. Church-Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – situated in Ermesinde, is an important pilgrimage destination to visit the tomb with the incorrupt body of Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart Droste zu ...
Christian pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.Aside from the early example of Origen in the third century, surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land date from the 4th century, when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers including Saint Jerome, and established by Saint Helena, the mother of ...
A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States this weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four routes before converging on Indianapolis in two months for a major ...
The sculpture was not liked by the inquisitors of the islands, as the iconography of Christ conformed to the Passion of Christ as told in the Bible. [ 2 ] The statue depicts a naked man clutching the cross alive despite bleeding profusely from his open sores on the hands, feet, knees and back, plus a lance on the side, and whose left foot ...
“The Eucharist is actually Jesus, so for us to walk with Jesus is actually a witness to our faith in a prayerful action for unity, for peace," said Tim Glemkowski, CEO of the National Eucharistic Congress, the umbrella organization for the events. The four lengthy pilgrimages appear to be unprecedented, Glemkowski said.
The lower one is decorated with Pilasters and the upper one with Corinthian columns and houses the image of the Pilgrim, patron saint of the province of Pontevedra, at the top in a niche, and on each side, also in niches, the images of Saint James the Greater and St. Roch. All three are dressed as Pilgrims.