Lourdes & France
Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes that are reported to have occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous.
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History of Lourdes
The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February, 1858. There were eighteen in all; the last took place 16 ...
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains ...
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is an area of ground surrounding the shrine (Grotto) to Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, France. This ground is owned and administrated by the Roman Catholic Church, and has several ...
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Mount Athos is largest of Greece's monasteries
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/2/2012
A mountainous peninsula in northern Greece, Mount Athos or the "Holy Mountain" is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. Only monks are allowed to live on Athos. The current population hovers around 1,400. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ...
Daphni Monastery is one of the great masterpieces of the Byzantine empire
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 4/17/2012
The 11th-century Byzantine monastery, Daphni Monastery is found just outside of Athens. A World Heritage site, Daphni Monastery is one of the most important masterpieces of the Byzantine Empire, noted for its beautiful interior mosaics. The church has been closed for restoration work ...
Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ highest, largest of six monasteries of Meteora
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 3/23/2012
The Great Meteoron or the Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ is the highest, largest and oldest of the six monasteries of the Meteora. If one only has time to visit one monastery in the Meteora area, this monastery is the one to choose. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Founded in ...
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