Sentences with phrase «place of pilgrimage»

The small town is home to the famous Sacre Monti, a UNESCO World Heritage site and place of pilgrimage for many.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if these great tourist attractions could become places of pilgrimage, pulsing with prayer and prophesying to the culture once again?

A popular place of pilgrimage, Mt Fuji is open to hikers every year from July to mid-September and requires no technical climbing skills.

The devotion to the saints, the shrines and places of pilgrimage do not often carry the message of good news to the poor in a socially liberative direction.

Geographical locations like Iona, or places of pilgrimage like Jerusalem and Rome, can be thin places.

Is it not preeminently a holy place of pilgrimage to the rest of the world?

The mix and match activity can be used to consolidate or recap the pupils understanding of places of pilgrimage across the world religions.

It is said to contain a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, and is still an important place of pilgrimage.

An early display in the original one - room gallery was declared «a first - rate exhibition of fine arts» by a reviewer from the New York Times, who credited the organization with helping to establish Woodstock as a «place of pilgrimage in the art world.»

A popular place of pilgrimage, Mt Fuji is open to hikers every year from July to mid-September and requires no technical climbing skills.

Whether thanks to Audrey Hepburn, HBO or the pope, Rome has always been a place of pilgrimage.

Yes Hubal (an idol) was an ancient God in the Arabian peninsula, and the Kaaba (Mecca) was a place of pilgrimage.

The ONLY reason for burying this carrion at sea is to prevent a situation in which his grave becomes a place of pilgrimage of those millions.

C. S. Lewis wrote in a 1939 sermon: «If we thought we were building up a heaven on earth, if we looked for something that would turn the present world from a place of pilgrimage into a permanent city satisfying the soul of man, we are disillusioned.»

This ruin housing the bare and fractured bones of once magnificent churches could never again become the place of pilgrimage, inspiration and learning it once had been, I thought.

And this same world as nature and as history is called «no abiding city,» a place of pilgrimage.

«Taking life in one's stride» and living unreservedly in all that it brings, then, is accepting the world God has given us as the place of our pilgrimage.

Bethel Church has been a place of pilgrimage for charismatics who travel from across the globe to attend its high - energy ministry conferences.

In response to the painting, the mountain became a place of pilgrimage, its water bottled by an enterprising company who sold it to those too sick to manage the ascent.

What makes it special: This island has been a place of pilgrimage since the year 635, when King Oswald handed over the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to St. Aiden for his monastery, so it's safe to say this hike is a historical, spiritual, and significant one.

The tirthas (places of pilgrimage) became centres of a multicentered royal.

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Her work on India focuses on popular religion, especially temples and places of pilgrimage, called tirthas.

Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilgrimage and devotion.

You could also climb the «magic mountain» of Tindaya that was considered sacred by the island's earliest inhabitants and remains a place of pilgrimage even today.

Rome is not only a fantastic city for art, food and entertainment: it's also a place of pilgrimage for

Saint Margaret's Well was a place of pilgrimage originally situated at Saint Margaret's Church in nearby Restalrig, The medieval well house was moved in 1860 to a natural spring in Holyrood Park.

This adventure by land and river will touch all of your senses, from Kolkata, where Mother Teresa's humble home and tomb provide a place of pilgrimage, to the Rajbari Temples devoted to the Hindu god Shiva.

Dating back to the 14th century, this place of pilgrimage is home to a famous icon of the Black Madonna.

Paphos is said to be the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite and was a place of pilgrimage for the Ancient Greeks, while the entire town of Paphos is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Chichen Itza was largely abandoned by the time the Spanish conquerors arrived in the Yucatan in the 16th century, but its Cenote Sagrado (Sacred Cenote) continued to be a place of pilgrimage for the Mayans.

Day 2 Morning boat on the Ganges to see the colourful bathing ghats, a place of pilgrimage for spiritual cleansing and funeral rights in the sacred river.

Man - made attractions include the Agios Raphael Monastery, said to be a miraculous religious site, as well as a place of pilgrimage.

THE BROTHERS VINCENT AND THEO are buried side by side in the cemetery of Auvers - sur - Oise, a village some twenty miles north of Paris; and their graves have made the destination a place of pilgrimage.

The swimming pool is not just a place of pilgrimage for leading Olympians — it has also inspired some of the 20th century's most memorable art.

The desert city in Nevada, which has become such a place of pilgrimage for gamblers, is the ultimate distillation of the capitalist drive, of the risk - all mentality, and of the oft - fatal lure of the ever - imminent win which pushes the punter further towards the precipice.

Artist Anthony Gormley said: «The Hepworth Wakefield will become a place of pilgrimage for all lovers of sculpture and, with the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, Yorkshire will be a place of inspiration for all.»

«The Hepworth Wakefield will become a place of pilgrimage for all lovers of sculpture and now with the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, Yorkshire will be a place of inspiration for all.»