The tradition of visiting seven churches on Holy Thursday, known as the Seven Churches Visitation, is deeply rooted in Catholic history and devotion.This practice is believed to have originated in ...

Jubilee of Hope pilgrims outside St. Peter’s Basilica, the final destination of their St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage, Monday, April 14, 2025. (photo: Courtesy photo / Jacob Derry ...

Jubilee of Hope pilgrims are undertaking two ancient church pilgrimages this week to prayerfully prepare for Easter: St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage and the Holy Thursday Seven ...

These seven churches worthy of this year's Visita Iglesia are silent witnesses to the province's religious and historical growth CAMARINES SUR, Philippines – At the riverbank of Naga City ...

Visita Iglesia is a Lenten pilgrimage in which Catholics visit seven churches to pray and reflect. Some choose to visit 14 churches, symbolizing the Stations of the Cross. Previously, local government ...

On Thursday evening and Good Friday morning, in the hours the Holy Eucharist is in this tabernacle on the altar of repose, Christians do a sort of pilgrimage to visit seven churches – in twos or ...

CE, Christian elites built numerous private churches, while Jewish donors appeared to pool their resources in a communal ...

Visita Iglesia is a Catholic tradition that dates back to the 1560s, wherein believers visit and pray in at least seven churches during Holy Week to give honor to the Blessed Sacrament and the ...

Kolkata: Churches across Kolkata observed Maundy Thursday with special mass and prayer services attended by devotees. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus and his disciples had ...

Among them is the visita iglesia, a pious practice of visiting at least seven churches to reflect on the Passion of Christ. For those who strongly feel about repentance, there is the penitensya or ...

Laodicea - the cities of the seven churches of Revelation (Rev 1:11; 2:1--3:22) Patmos - small island in the Aegean Sea, near Ephesus; where John, the author of Revelation, was (Rev 1:9 ...