THE
HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY
The House of Mother Mary is on the top of Bulbul Dag (the Mount of the Nightingale), seven
kilometers south of the ancient city of Ephesus. Here the Blessed Virgin is said to have lived
her last years on earth. It was reconstructed on the foundations unearthed in 1891 by the
Lazarist Fathers following the detailed description given by a German bedridden pious lady who
claimed to have been shown this neighborhood during visions of the Virgin Mother with which
she has been pridileged. Soon after, this place started to attract pilgrims and today this is
visited by pilgrims who come from all over the world. Pope John XXIII visited this shrine many
times during his stay as Apostolic Delegate in Turkey while Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II
came here as pilgrims in 1967 and 1979 respectively. |
