page_title: Christian pilgrimage
section_title: Taizé, France
hierarchical_section_title: Christian pilgrimage / Modern Pilgrimages / Taizé, France
caption_attribution_description: English: Kirche der Versöhnung
context_page_description: Christianity has a strong tradition of pilgrimages, both to sites relevant to the New Testament narrative and to sites associated with later saints or miracles.
context_section_description: The commune of Taizé in France, home of the Taizé Community, sees over 100,000 Christian pilgrims each year. As the Taizé Community is an ecumenical Christian community, the pilgrims belong to various Christian denominations, including the Reformed, Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist, Anglican and Oriental Orthodox traditions. Christian pilgrims engage with the brothers and sisters of the Taizé Community in prayer, worship, the study of Sacred Scripture, the promotion of ecumenism, and communal work.
caption: Prayer in the Church of Reconciliation at Taizé
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