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Pilgrims gather tonight in Krastova Gora with hope of healing

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Ahead of the Feast of the Cross thousands of Christian pilgrims are expected to gather – with hopes for healing – in the locality of Krastova Gora in the southern Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains.

Every year on the eve of 14 September a holy liturgy is served in the holy place and a particle of the Crucifixion of Christ is displayed to pilgrims for worship.

Because of the belief that there centuries ago a particle from the original Cross of Jesus Christ was buried, the locality was given the name of Krastova Gora (The Mount of the Cross). Christians believe that the place has a powerful effect on the mind and the body.




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