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El Matareya, Cairo contains a tree known as the Tree of the Virgin, which is connected to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Coptic Cairo contains several sites linked to the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. Abu Mena, an ancient monastery founded on the burial site of Saint Menas of Egypt. A modern monastery was rebuilt just north of the ...
A cathedral (from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, [1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese. Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica Fortcochin
Palayur Mar Thoma Major Archiepiscopal Church, is located at Palayur (historically known as Palur), in Thrissur district in Kerala on the west coast of India. [1] According to Saint Thomas Christian tradition, the Syrian church was established in 52 AD by St Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. [2]
The usual times for pilgrimage are during the annual festival between 29 August to 8 September, Holy Week and Christmas. [8] Some pilgrims, instead of using a mode of transport, perform "walking pilgrimages" to it. [9] They attend mass, novenas, flag-hoisting and carry a palanquin of Mary in a procession. A major event is the procession, where ...
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, built in 1543, is the oldest of the Old Goa churches still standing.Initially, it was a parish church, then collegial. On the outside, the church looks like a small fortress; the entrance porch flanked by small cylindrical towers with cupolas is typical of late-Gothic and Manueline Portugal, particularly in the Alentejo region. [6]
Christian holy places (5 C, 17 P) Islamic holy places (16 C, 34 P) Jewish holy places (12 C, 13 P) Places in Hindu worship (8 C, 11 P) Sacred sites in traditional ...
Vaishali was the capital of the Vajjian Republic of ancient India. Some other pilgrimage places in India and Nepal connected to the life of Gautama Buddha are: Pataliputta, Nalanda, Vikramshila, Gaya, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Sanchi, Varanasi, Kesariya, Devadaha, Pava and Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Dhauli Stupa, near Puri, Odisha, etc.
India had a flourishing trade with Central Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, both along mountain passes in the north and sea routes down the western and southern coast, well before the advent of the Christian era, and it is likely that Christian merchants from these lands settled in Indian cities along these trading routes. [66]