BASILICA OF ST BASIL

MÁRIAPÓCS

HUNGARY

The Basilica of Máriapócs, Hungary, is a major Greek Catholic pilgrimage site. It is famous for the weeping icon of the Virgin Mary, first recorded in 1696. The baroque church symbolizes faith, national identity, and enduring spiritual devotion, welcoming pilgrims annually through liturgy, prayer, history, art, tradition, hope, and renewal.

"It was the same love for Christ and his Gospel that made St Basil suffer so much because of the divisions in the Church and made him seek, so perseveringly, hoping against hope for a more effective and manifest communion with all the Churches.”

- St John Paul II

We arrived with the family on a winter chilly day. The place provided an exotic and familiar vibe in the same time - a cozy village with a pilgrimage church, a greek catholic sacral space and many memories of John Paul II and the church prosecuted under the communist regime,

LINKS

Website (English): https://www.nyirgorkat.hu/?q=parokia&id=86&l=en

Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1riap%C3%B3cs

VISITS

February 25, 2018