This is a list of sites notable as destinations of Christian pilgrimage, sorted by region and by (modern) country.

This page has a wider view of the topic, while the "pilgrimage church" page offers Catholic sites.

Old World

The Holy Land

The Holy Land, location of many events in the Old Testament and New Testament. After Jerusalem, the list is alphabetical.

Eastern Christianity

Sites associated with Eastern Christianity in Eastern Europe and the Near East (excluding the Holy Land proper).

Armenia

Croagh Patrick chappel, Ireland

Artsakh (de facto)

Bulgaria

Egypt

Ethiopia

Georgia

Greece

India

Iran

Jordan

Al-Maghtas ruins on the eastern side of the Jordan River are the location for the Baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist.

Alphabetically by noun, ignoring the Arabic article (al-, el-)

Our Lady of Lebanon

Lebanon

Romania

  • Iași, where over 1 million pilgrims from all over Romania and neighboring Orthodox countries supposedly queue to touch the relics of Saint Paraskevi

Russia

Serbia

  • Djunis monastery near Kruševac is the most visited shrine in Serbia, dedicated to the Theotokos

Syria

Turkey

Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral.

Ukraine

Western Christianity

Sites associated with Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism, including sites now in Protestant parts of Europe).

Austria

  • Mariazell. Marian shrine to Austria and Hungary

Belgium

  • Banneux - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1933
  • Beauraing - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1932 .

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Medjugorje - Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1981

Czech Republic

Finland

  • Kirkkokari, the only Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in Finland.

France

Germany

Hungary

India

Ireland

Italy

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

  • Nidaros, Trondheim. Shrine of St. Olav. 4th most visited pilgrimage site in Middle Ages.

Poland

Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki, the global center of Divine Mercy
An ancient pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela.

Portugal

Spain

Romania

Slovakia

Greek Catholic
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Litmanová, a Marian apparition.
  • Basilica minor of the Dormition of the Mother of God of Ľutina, largest Greek Catholic pilgrimage in Slovakia, held every August 15
Roman Catholic

Switzerland

United Kingdom

New World

Pilgrimage sites in parts of the world reached by Christianity in the early modern or modern era, including the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast and East Asia.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rwanda

Uganda

East and Southeast Asia

Japan

South Korea

  • Seoul Martyrs Way

Indonesia

  • Sendangsono. Central Java; The first native Javan baptized by Rv. Van Lith, SJ

Malaysia

Philippines

Vietnam

Latin America

Brazil

Costa Rica

  • Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels - the pilgrims walk from all around the country with the goal of arriving on 2 August to the Basilica in Cartago, that date is the feast day of the feast day of Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula (on which the Portiuncola Indulgence could be gained) and a national holiday due to the pilgrimage.

Mexico

Honduras

Guatemala

  • Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Antigua, Guatemala

North America

Canada

United States

Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

References

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  2. "Shushi City of Artsakh attracts tourists from Armenia and Diaspora". news.am. 7 November 2014. The rebuilt Temple St. Kazanchetsots is a popular place of pilgrimage for tourists from Armenia and the Diaspora.
  3. House of the Virgin Mary listing at www.Ephesus.US
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  6. The Aglona Catholic Basilica
  7. Bedevaartplaatsen in Nederland / Dl. 3, Provincie Limburg / m.m.v. Antoine Jacobs en Ottie Thiers. P.J. Margry, Charles Caspers, Antoine Jacobs. Amsterdam: Meertens Instituut. 2000. ISBN 90-6550-568-7. OCLC 772713609.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "Kibeho". Visit Rwanda. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  9. Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation official website
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