Marian devotions of the Holy Land
Tierra Santa es la cuna de toda devoción mariana: en Nazaret el ángel anunció a María que sería Madre de Dios; en Ein Karem cantó el Magníficat; en el monte Sión de Jerusalén se venera su Dormición y su Tumba en Getsemaní. Recogemos sus santuarios principales.
🌹 Marian wonders and anecdotes from the Holy Land
- Nazaret — sobre la casa de María se alza la basílica de la Anunciación, en el lugar donde el ángel Gabriel le pidió ser Madre de Dios y ella respondió «hágase en mí según tu palabra»: aquí empezó la historia de la salvación.
- Ein Karem — la iglesia de la Visitación recuerda el encuentro de María con su prima Isabel y el canto del Magníficat.
- Jerusalén — la abadía de la Dormición, en el monte Sión, venera el tránsito de la Virgen; y en Getsemaní se honra su Tumba vacía.
- Stella Maris (monte Carmelo) — en el monte de Elías nació la Orden del Carmen y la devoción a María, Estrella del Mar.
Galilee
Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación
The Annunciation is above all an evangelical mystery, narrated by Saint Luke: the angel Gabriel is sent by God to a virgin betrothed to Joseph, named Mary, in Nazareth of Galilee, and there announces to her that she will conceive the Son of God;…
🙏 Our Lady of the Annunciation, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Stella Maris
On Mount Carmel, above the present-day city of Haifa, a community of Latin hermits developed from the time of the Crusades, giving rise to the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Carmelites).
🙏 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Stella Maris, pray for us.
Jerusalem
Nuestra Señora de la Dormición
The “Dormition of Mary” is an ancient Christian tradition that states that the Virgin Mary concluded her earthly life in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, where she “fell asleep” in the Lord, while her body was later taken to the valley of…
🙏 Our Lady of the Dormition, pray for us.
Judea
Nuestra Señora de la Visitación
The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Saint Elizabeth in the “city of Judah” is a Gospel event narrated by Saint Luke (Lk 1:39-56), the biblical foundation of this devotion and of the liturgical memorial of the Visitation of the…
🙏 Our Lady of the Visitation, pray for us.
El Pozo de María (Nazaret)
Mary's Well stands above the only spring in Nazareth. According to an ancient Eastern tradition, recorded in the Protoevangelium of James, it was here—while the Virgin Mary was washing her hands—that she began to drink water from the spring.
🙏 Mary's Well, pray for us.
La Tumba de la Virgen María (Jerusalén)
At the foot of the Mount of Olives, near Gethsemane, an underground church houses the rock-cut tomb venerated as the burial place of the Virgin Mary. The tradition…
🙏 The Tomb of the Virgin Mary, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora Reina de Palestina (Deir Rafat)
The Deir Rafat shrine, founded by the Latin Patriarch Luigi Barlassina in the 1920s, placed all of Palestine under the patronage of the Mother of God as "Queen of Palestine."
🙏 Our Lady Queen of Palestine, pray for us.
Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción de Jerusalén
The Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion commemorates the place where the Virgin Mary fell asleep before her Assumption. It is a center of prayer and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
🙏 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Ntra. Sra. del Monte Carmelo de Haifa (Stella Maris)
The Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel is the birthplace of the Carmelite Order. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Star of the Sea, has been venerated on this sacred mountain since the 12th century.
🙏 Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Inmaculada Concepción de Belén (Santa Catalina)
The Church of Saint Catherine of Bethlehem, next to the Basilica of the Nativity, is the center of the Latin Catholic community in the city where Jesus was born.
🙏 Immaculate Conception, pray for us.
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