Croatia The Marian Shrine Blessed Virgin Mary Individual Stamp Mint NH

Croatia The Marian Shrine Blessed Virgin Mary Individual Stamp Mint NH

Marian shrines are part of the culture and practice of some Christian churches - mainly the Roman Catholic Church. Shrines dedicated to Our Lady are usually marked by an apparition or miracle, which is attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sometimes the Marian shrine was created because of a strong Marian piety throughout the history of the region. Such places are often pilgrimage destinations.

Some of the largest shrines were created because of Mary's apparitions on distant hills, which were almost unknown before the apparitions ( Lourdes et al.) More than once, Our Lady personally asked those who appeared to build a church at the apparition site.

The number of pilgrims who visit some of these shrines every year is very high. Eg. With a population of about 15,000 people, Lourdes receives about 5,000,000 pilgrims each year, and within France alone, Paris has more hotel rooms than Lourdes. More than a million pilgrims visit the Black Madonna Shrine at the Chapel of Grace in Altötting, Germany every year, where miracles have been attributed to the Virgin Mary's intercession for over 500 years in this shrine.

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