Knock shrine, Ireland. What you need to know before you travel. скачать в хорошем качестве

Knock shrine, Ireland. What you need to know before you travel.

In December 2011 the ARG (Alliance of religions and conservation) published an annual figure of pilgrimage statistics. On top of the list was 30 million pilgrims traveled to Ayyappan Saranam, India (Hindu). Coming in on second place, was 20 million pilgrims travelling to Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe (Christian).At 8th place was 8 million pilgrims travelling to Lourdes (Christian). (See full here www.arcworld.org) If you were looking to make a pilgrimage and didn't have an inclination to a particular location and you were to search the internet, chances are you would land at a similar website to ctscatholiccompass.org who would suggest locations of 10 Holy places to go on Pilgrimage. On this list you would find Knock. A bit of background to the apparition in knock comes from the eye witness account of Mary Byrne who testified “On the 21st August, 1879, at about 8 o’clock, Our Lady, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of Heavenly light” Ireland's National Marian Shrine in Knock, Co Mayo is visited by over 1.5 million people each year. The calm serenity of the landscape and the beautiful sights is an open welcome to anyone travelling here. You will be able to find all information here at the official website of Knock - https://www.knockshrine.ie