Pilgrims flock to Romania for largest Catholic Pentecost event in Europe

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Pilgrims flock to Romania for largest Catholic Pentecost event in Europe  Following the centuries-old tradition, some of the faithful stopped first at the Franciscan cathedral to pray before walking up to the Șumuleu Hill to the open-air altar where the mass was held.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/08/thousands-of-pilgrims-observe-traditional-pentecost-at-sumuleu-ciuc-in-romania  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Thousands of pilgrims poured into Shumuli Chuk in Romania on Saturday for the biggest

00:06Catholic Pentecost procession in Central and Eastern Europe. Some of the faithful followed

00:13centuries-old tradition by stopping first at the Franciscan Cathedral to pray before

00:19walking up Shumuli Hill to the open-air altar where the Catholic Mass was held. One of the

00:25routes, called the Way of the Cross, starts near the Franciscan Church and features 14 crosses,

00:32which symbolizes the places where Jesus stopped on Golgotha.

00:36The pilgrimage to Shumuli Chuk has a tradition of over 450 years and is linked to a historical

00:52event in 1576 when the Prince of Transylvania tried to impose the Unitarian religion on

00:59the Roman Catholics of the region, an attempt that ultimately failed.

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