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Croagh Patrick, Ireland |
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In the 4th century A.D. the monk Patrick travelled to pagan Ireland to
convert the Irish to Christianity. Patrick won the population over by
integrating venerated pagan symbols, like the sun, into the Christian faith.
Croagh Patrick, a mountain on Ireland’s wild western coast, is such a
symbol. During a dispute with the druids, Patrick was challenged to fast for
forty days and forty nights on their holy mountain. “Our gods will destroy
you,” they threatened. Patrick accepted their challenge. After forty days
and nights on the mountain, he made his descent, none the worse for wear.
From then onward, his influence grew by leaps and bounds. To this day Saint
Patrick remains the patron saint of Ireland. Every Irishman climbs Croagh
Patrick at least once in his life, as his ancestors did even before the dawn
of the Christian era.
This title is from the collection Pilgrimages of Europe.
Pilgrimages are as old as mankind. The mystical and spiritual nature of a
pilgrimage holds an eternal, mythic appeal to the imagination of many
people. Every year millions of pilgrims of all nationalities, young and old,
set out on these voyages of the soul. The twelve documentaries in the series
Pilgrimages of Europe are experiential journeys to some of the most sacred
routes and holy places throughout Christian Europe.
These half-hour documentaries, richly filmed, look at the spiritual,
cultural and historical background of twelve pilgrimage sites throughout
Europe. However, the people, the pilgrims themselves, are at the heart of
these stories – their purposes and desires, their motivations, and the great
sense of the holy and the sacred which they find on their journeys of faith.
LENGTH: 30 Minutes
ORDER CODE: JM20160V
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