{"id":2594,"date":"2021-06-08T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2021-06-08T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:10:13","slug":"252-the-virgin-mary-visits-walsingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"252- The Virgin Mary visits Walsingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19392479\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/series21_Episode23\/\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the year 1061 there was an apparition of the Virgin Mary in England. For centuries \u201cOur Lady of Walsingham,\u201d was known as the \u201cNazareth of England.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you know Henry the Eighth visited there many times in his life before ordering it&#8217;s destruction in 1538?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though relegated to obscurity for the following centuries, nowadays the site welcomes pilgrims once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1056\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/complex.jpg\" alt=\"Color drawing of Walsingham at its peak\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/complex.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/complex-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/complex-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Walsingham at its peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/slipper_chapel_today.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Slipper Chapel at Walsingham England\" class=\"wp-image-455\" width=\"280\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/slipper_chapel_today.jpg 352w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/slipper_chapel_today-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 85vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption>Slipper Chapel &#8211; Once again where people stop before taking the walk to the ruins of the Walsingham Shrine and former Abbey structures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walsinghamvillage.org\/about\/the-roman-catholic-shrine-slipper-chapel\/\">For more information about the Slipper Chapel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ruins.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Walsingham Abbey ruins\" class=\"wp-image-461\" width=\"490\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ruins.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ruins-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ruins-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 85vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption>Walsingham Abbey ruins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilgrimage site Our Lady of Walsingham is known as England\u2019s \nNazareth and it became a wonderful place where for five centuries people\n went on pilgrimages. Now, after a 400 year pause, people once again are\n able to go on pilgrimages thanks to the Virgin Mary\u2019s visit in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all came about thanks to a pious woman, Richeldis de Faverches, \nwho experienced an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the year 1061, in \nthe village of Walsingham, near Norfolk, just a few miles from the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holy-House-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holy House location plaque\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holy-House-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Holy-House.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 85vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption>Where the original Holy House was located\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/800px-Our_Lady_of_Walsingham-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/800px-Our_Lady_of_Walsingham-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/800px-Our_Lady_of_Walsingham-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/800px-Our_Lady_of_Walsingham.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>Our Lady of Walsingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources for this program and additional information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=duNmvXMRsiY\">Nice YouTube presentation about the history of Wilsingham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iconpainter.org.uk\/history-of-walsingham\/\" target=\"_blank\">St Seraphim\u2019s chapel- the Orthodox Shrine at Wilsingham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walsingham.org.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roman Catholic National Shrine and Basilica at Wilsingham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anglican Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:58px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>The Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession (the podcast) is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png\" alt=\"The Podcast Academy Member Logo\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" width=\"571\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon.png 360w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Podcast-Academy-Member-Card-lemon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 85vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the year 1061 there was an apparition of the Virgin Mary in England. For centuries \u201cOur Lady of Walsingham,\u201d was known as the \u201cNazareth of England.\u201d Did you know Henry the Eighth visited there many times in his life before ordering it&#8217;s destruction in 1538? Though relegated to obscurity for the following centuries, nowadays &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=2594\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;252- The Virgin Mary visits Walsingham&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}