Our Lady of the Perpetual Help of Oke Mary
Oke María ("Monte de María" in Yoruba) is the main Marian sanctuary in Nigeria, founded on 8 December 1979 by the Redemptorists in Otan Ayegbaju. It brings thousands of pilgrims each year to their annual pilgrimage, a procession of 2.3 km with the image of the Perpetual Relief. It is recognized as an international spiritual heritage with Lourdes and Fatima.
"Our Lady of the Perpetual Help of Oke Mary, pray for us.
Marian Advocations of Nigeria
Nigeria, with a large and fervent Catholic Church organized in nine ecclesiastical provinces, honors the Virgin as Queen of Nigeria since the Procatedral of Abuja and goes in a crowd to Marian centers of prayer and healing like Elele and Awhum, in a piety marked by the Rosary.
♪ Wonders and Marian anecdotes from Nigeria
- In Abuja, the procession of Our Lady Queen of Nigeria is the main temple where the Virgin is honored as Queen of the country, the scene of great national celebrations, episcopal ordinations and masses chaired by representatives of the Pope.
- The great Marian centre of Elele, in the state of Rivers, was driven by the Nigerian priest Father Emmanuel M.P. Edeh, a spiritist, as a place of prayer, reconciliation and healing, and has become one of the most popular Catholic pilgrimage destinations in Nigeria.
Diócesis de Kano
Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
It is the cathedral of the diocese of Kano, dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, in Kano, Nigeria.
"Our Lady, Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.
Eparoch of the Annunciation (Syrian-Malankara Catholic Church)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation
It is the cathedral of the epoch of the Annunciation of Ibadan, of the Syrian-Malankara Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of the Annunciation, in Ibadan, Nigeria.
"Our Lady, Cathedral of Our Lady of Annunciation, pray for us.
Diocese of Ijebu-Ode
Mary Holy Mother of Africa
Es una gruta o santuario mariano de la Diócesis de Ijebu-Ode, en el estado de Ogun (Nigeria), bajo la advocación de «Mary the Holy Mother of Africa» (María Santa Madre de África).
"O Mary Holy Mother of Africa, pray for us.
Archdiocese of Owerri
Cathedral of Santa Maria Asunta
It is the cathedral (Assumpta Cathedral) of the Archdiocese of Owerri, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the city of Owerri, state of Imo, Nigeria.
"Our Lady, Cathedral of Santa Maria Asunta, pray for us.
Enugu
Our Lady Mother of the Divine Grace of Awhum
The advocation of Our Lady Mother of the Divine Grace of Awhum is venerated in the shrine and monastery of Awhum, in the state of Enugu, in the southeast of Nigeria, as a Marian pilgrimage center linked to the Trapense monastery and...
"Our Lady Mother of the Divine Grace of Awhum, pray for us.
Rivers
Our Lady Mother of the Mercy of Elele
The devotion to Our Lady Mother of the Mercy of Elele is linked to the great Marian pilgrimage center founded by the Nigerian Catholic priest Father Emmanuel M.P.
"Our Lady Mother of the Mercy of Elele, pray for us.
Nigeria
Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria; national vocation of the great Nigerian Catholic community, with the Virgin invoked as patron and queen of the most populous country of Africa, venerated in diocesan Marian shrines. Latin Catholic Rite.
The advocation of Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria, is directly linked to the presence of the Catholic Church in the federal capital, Abuya, through the Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Nigeria (Our Lady Queen of Nigeria...
"Our Lady, Queen of Nigeria; national vocation of the great Nigerian Catholic community, with the Virgin invoked as patron and queen of the most populous country of Africa, venerated in diocesan Marian shrines. Latin Catholic Rito, pray for us.
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