Pilgrims perform prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the Hajj pilgrimage, on June 19, 2023. AFP Cairo: Saudi Arabia, Islam’s birthplace, has said it is fully ...

Using the great outdoors as a tonic to the stresses of modern life has surged since covid, and pilgrimages — meditative, multi-day walks — are on the rise, with new routes emerging across the ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Back in the day, a pilgrimage meant a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion. Today, for increasing numbers of ...

On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world. IRISH LENT: On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small ...

L-R: Daliso Chaponda, Harry Clark, Stef Reid, Helen Lederer, Nelufar Hedayat, Jay McGuiness and Jeff Brazier (Image credit: CTVC) The cast of this year’s Pilgrimage embraced the challenge of the ...

Savannakhet is easily accessible from Thailand via the Friendship Bridge in Mukdahan province. Manisakhone Thammavongxay, head of the Lao Tourism Promotion Department, said Savannakhet is home to ...

This unique handwritten Quran, created by participants of the Arbaeen pilgrimage, is being displayed for the public. It was completed in the year 1444 AH. The booth also features the first through ...

In Spain, a record-breaking number of pilgrims have attempted the Camino de Santiago (or the Way of St. James), turning the once contemplative pilgrimage or secular hike into a popular tourist ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a living New Mexico tradition where thousands of people walk miles during holy week to what’s considered a sacred site and soon that story will be told in one of ...

Historically, most indigenous and traditional societies viewed religion as a sacred space—as an animate, spiritual force often embodying deities, ancestors, or cosmic principles. The deep ...

Predominantly Catholics, throngs of Filipinos are going on a spiritual pilgrimage to Europe this Holy Year of Jubilee for the Catholic Church, which takes place every 25 years in remembrance of the ...

In 2024, 500,000 people made the pilgrimage to the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, northern Spain. To get there, they took one of a number of paths that spiderweb from starting points ...