Yet, one of Europe’s oldest — and Switzerland’s most famous — Marian shrines is only 25 miles southeast of Zurich at the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln. The town itself is typically Swiss ...

It covers the history of the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln, from 1934 to the present ... “The only living witness, 93-year-old Sister Regula Wolf, was the nun who had the most contact ...

The celebrities finish their journey at Einsiedeln Abbey, a pilgrim destination for over 1,000 years. Show more The pilgrims travel from Appenzell to their final destination at Einsiedeln Abbey.

site of an archabbey founded by the Swiss Abbey of Einsiedeln in 1854. It is now a pilgrimage site and home to 100 Benedictine monks. You may have seen cards and other paper products produced by ...

Seven celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs take on a pilgrimage through the Austrian and Swiss Alps to Einsiedeln Abbey ... salt road through centuries-old Alpine villages to the Cistercian ...

A second visit in August that year featured the revival of an old tradition: the Swiss Picnic, on August 1 – Swiss national day. Last month the project held its first event in Einsiedeln ...

head for Einsiedeln Christmas Market. As far as settings go, this one couldn’t be much more festive – think little wooden huts lined up beneath the illuminated abbey, and, if you’re lucky ...

recently revealed some interesting and unheard-of anecdotes about the 39-year-old. And a few of those come from Urban Federer, who is an abbot at the Einsiedeln Abbey in Schwyz. Abbot Federer ...

The 21-year-old fingers his large crucifix as he walks past grazing cows and immaculately groomed horses towards the towering Einsiedeln Abbey. "I'm very happy that I'm in this place. It is peaceful ...

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