Photos from the House of Virgin Mary
House of Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey
Shrine in the House of Virgin Mary
An old cistern nearby the House of Virgin Mary
Prayers and wishes help us to look at the future with hope. They give us patience in these hard times that we are passing through right now. We believe envisioning a better world and asking for it is the first step to make it into a reality. Doesn't matter where you are and who you are, Virgin Mary is waiting to hear your prayers and wishes.
Everyone should have the opportunity to make a wish at the House of Virgin Mary in Ephesus even though they can not travel now. We, Ephesian tour guides, are here to help.
House of Virgin Mary in Ephesus attracts millions of people every year. We witnessed people of the world praying and wishing for a brighter future, united under the roof of the Virgin Mary’s house in Ephesus. Standing together without racial or religious boundaries.
Maybe the most visited part of the house of Virgin Mary is a little wall located on the lower gardens of the house. This wall attracts prayers and wishes of people every day with the hope of Virgin Mary hearing.
We started ''Prayers Unchained Initiative'' with one ambition. Everybody's prayers and wishes should be heard. No lockdowns, no quarantines, no financial difficulties can stand between people and the brighter future they imagined!
Send us your prayers and wishes, and we will place them on the wishing wall at the House of Virgin Mary on 28th of December 2020.
Prayers Unchained Initiative is affiliated with no government or ideological views. We are completely self funded and nonprofit.
Virgin Mary remained in Jerusalem following the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Life of the early Christians was getting harder and harder everyday thanks to pressure coming from the local communities.
Saint Stephen was stoned to death and became the first Christian martyr in the year 36 AD. Martyrdom of Saint Stephen and the probability of a similar fate forced disciples and believers of Jesus out of Jerusalem.
Virgin Mary first came to Antioch to meet the other disciples and later she made her way to Ephesus. She was accompanied by Saint John the Evangelist. House of Virgin Mary that we know today became her residence.
House of Virgin Mary was found thanks to the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824). Ms. Emmerick was bedridden. She was seeing visions about Virgin Mary. People started to take her serious, when they realized how realistically detailed visions were.
Clemens Brentano, a German author, heard about Anne Catherine Emmerich and decided to listen her. Later Mr. Brentano decided to write down all her visions and turned them into a book called ‘’The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ’’. Later another book called ‘’The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary’’ based on Anna Katharina Emmerick visions was published.
Two priests living in Izmir decided to look for the House of Virgin Mary after reading the mentioned books. They looked around Ephesus for two days and just before they decided to give up they came across a spring which looked like the one described by Anne Catherine Emmerich. Later they discovered a house in ruins next to the very same spring. They understood this was the right spot after realizing indisputable similarities between the house they found and what was described by Anne Catherine Emmerich. *
A beautiful wall, covered with thousands of little pieces of paper with the wishes written on them, can be found at the lower side of the Virgin Mary’s House in Ephesus, Turkey. Local people believe any wish made with purity in your heart will become true in the presence of Virgin Mary. Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary are highly respected by the Turks. This is the reason every year millions if not hundreds of thousands of people come here and make their wishes.
People who visited the House of Virgin Mary state that their prayers became true soon after paying a visit to the wishing wall. Eventually it became a tradition to write prayers and wishes on small pieces of paper and place them on the wall for the wishes of the people who are not there.
