Contributions of the group Pequeños ermitaños

Austria - Hittisau, Fatimakapelle

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:14:38 +0000

The Fatimakapelle (Fatima Chapel) was donated by an inhabitant from Hittisau. He promised to build a chapel if his son, who had been seriously injured, would recover. After 43 days in he was discharged in good health and the family began building the chapel in 1949. The tuff stone for the grotto was quarried from the Engen Loch on the nearby river Bolgenach.

In 1950, following its completion, the chapel was consecrated. The Fatimakapelle was renovated in 1986.

The chapel is named after the town of Fátima, the most important place of pilgrimage in Portugal and one of the best-known in the Roman Catholic Church. The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Amiandos - Agia Paraskevi

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:08:41 +0000

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The single-nave chapel of Agia Paraskevi near the village of Amiandos in the Troodos Mountains.

The icon on the left depicts Saint Paraskevi, the patron saint of ophthalmologists.
The yellow flag with the double-headed eagle is the official flag of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Koilani - Agia Mavri

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:32:15 +0000

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The Agia Mavri chapel dates to the 12th century. The chapel is dedicated to Saint Timotheus as well as Saint Mavri, whose sacred bones are held in the chapel.

Church authorities claim, that Saint Timotheus was married to Saint Mavri. Fighting against idiolatry they were arrested and martyred.

Local tradition tells a different story, saying that Saint Mavri was born in a nearby village. When her parents arranged for her to marry, she refused saying she wanted to devote herself to God. The day before the wedding she jumped into the hot oven, where the wedding food was prepared, and while God saved her life, she was left with a blackened face. Then she left the villae and lived the remaining life in seclusion of the hills.

East of the chapel temple runs the holy water of Agia Mavri, which is considered miraculous. Believers make pilgrimages to this chapel in summer.

Germany - Sonthofen, Frauenkapelle

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:01 +0000

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The Frauenkapelle in Sonthofen, situated directly on the south side of St Michael’s parish church, is a historic religious building dating from 1449. It is renowned for its Baroque style, the ceiling fresco (from the mid-18th century) and the high altar (1704/05). The chapel has survived several destructions and has been redesigned on several occasions.

The name Frauenkapelle is short of Kirche Unserer Lieben Frau (= Church of our Lady).

On PiP4 you see the chapel to the right of the parish church St. Michael.

St Botolph's Church, Hardham

nobody@ipernity.com (Howard Somerville) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:35:46 +0000

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Austria - Kleinwalsertal/Baad, Martins Kapelle

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:01:58 +0000

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A first chapel in Baad was built in 1636. The consecration took place in 1663 in honor of St. Martin, the Virgin Mary and St. Wendelin. The little church was elevated to the status of a branch parish in 1711. The chapel was extended in 1738 and 1767, and demolished in 1851 due to the risk of avalanches.

The present Martins Kapelle (Martins Chapel) was built on a hill to the north of the village in 1851 and consecrated in 1855. Restoration work on the church was carried out in 1905 and from 1971 to 1972. Nowadays the small mountain chapel still towers above the village of Baad.

La chapelle saint Joachim à Dinan (22)

nobody@ipernity.com (Nicole Merdrignac) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:02:01 +0000

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C’est Olivier , le deuxième seigneur de Dinan , qui fonde la première eglise saint Malo , dans la seconde moitié du XI ième siècle. A partir de 1177 , c’est la reconstruction de l’eglise et du prioré . Les seigneurs de Dinan vont multiplier leurs dons . Des travaux sont effectués. En 1487 , l’église est demantelée . En 1489 , une nouvelle église est édifiée avec les pierres de la précédente. La chapelle est vendue comme bien national à la révolution. En 1882 , elle est acquise par la famille Flaud qui l’offra à la paroisse saint Malo. Ensuite , la chapelle est à nouveau rénovée, grâce aux dons des habitants de la rue saint malo. La chapelle est placée sous la protection de Saint Joachim , le père de la vierge . De nombreux matériaux anciens , provenant de l’eglise Saint Malo , sont réemployés.

Germany - Oberstdorf/Birgsau, Wendelins-Kapelle

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:40:37 +0000

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The first records of a chapel in Birgsau date back to 1680. At that time, it was a small wayside chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Construction of the chapel began in 1846 but, due to difficulties, was not completed until two years later. The interior was designed by craftsmen and artists from Oberstdorf. In 1848, the little church was consecrated as the Wendelins-Kapelle (Wendelin Chapel)

However, the present-day altar with its paintings dates from 1938. In choosing the colours, the artist took particular care to use the original colours of local flowers.

Trevor Chapel

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:02:51 +0000

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A 15 minute walk over fields from our holiday home I came across this old village church. The sun was just starting to set and all was very quite. OI liked the light from this viewpoint with the daffodils too but a better photo of the church proper is shown in the PiP.

Sitting in isolated the woodland of Trevor Hall. The present building dates back to 1717 but the history of Trevor church goes back many centuries. In the 15th century. Bishop John Trevor II resided at Trevor Hall with his brother and used the chapel at Trevor as his private chapel. In consequence, Trevor Church was known at one time as ‘The Episcopal Chapel of Bishop Trevor.’ Since that time there has been always a very close connection between Trevor hall and the Church. In 1717, during the reign of George I, the present building was erected. It is still in use.

The second PiP gives us an idea of the adjacent hall.

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Notch Hill Church, Sorrento, BC Canada

nobody@ipernity.com (Gary Schotel) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:31:25 +0000

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Iceland, Þingvallakirkja (Tingvellir Lutheran church)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alexander Prolygin) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:54:10 +0000

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Lohhof, Hofkapelle

nobody@ipernity.com (Georg Luft) — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:10:17 +0000

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Village church. EBEN HAEZER.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:27:01 +0000

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Indonesian Papua is one of two Protestant-majority provinces in Indonesia. Protestantism is the majority religion in Papua, with Roman Catholicism following.

A pilgrimage chapel.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:57:44 +0000

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On the backside of 16th century Dawn Doorway, at Aušros Vartų gatvė, Vilnius.

Saint Peter Chapel.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:39:53 +0000

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At José de Oliveira Street, Morro Branco, Beberibe.

Nederland - Kapel Hoog Soeren

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:45:25 +0000

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Religious services had been held in an old, dilapidated farmhouse with broken interior walls at the site where the Hoog Soeren Chapel now stands since 1892. The first stone of the current chapel was laid in August 1904. On 6 November of that year, the chapel was consecrated.

In 1933, the chapel underwent extensive renovation and expansion. The facades were given a (white) plaster coating and the windows were fitted with stained glass. A bequest from a resident of Hoog Soeren in 2000 made a complete renovation possible, resulting in the chapel in its current form.

On Sundays during the summer months, the chapel is used for short church services. It also hosts weddings and other gatherings.

HWW...St James' Church, Buttermere

nobody@ipernity.com (TOZ) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:59:06 +0000

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St James's Church is located near the Buttermere Lake, in Lakes District National Park, in the North of England. It is a tiny church, which was built in the middle of the 19th Century,

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Παρεκκλήσι Αγίων Αποστόλων Πέτρου.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:11:29 +0000

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HWW
On a precarious rough road, you will find the Monastery of Peter & Paul. The new(ish) monastery of the Archangels and very old church of Saints Peter and Paul, is set on a cliff overlooking the beach of Gourna and the wind turbines seen off into the distance. The old church dates back to 10th/11th centuries
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Chapelle Saint Georges à Ornans.

nobody@ipernity.com (Jean-louis Thiaudiere) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:02:45 +0000

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Cette chapelle a été construite en 1289 dans l'enceinte d'une ancienne forteresse érigée par le comte palatin Othon IV de Bourgogne au XIIIème siècle. En révolte contre le roi de France Philippe IV le Bel, les barons comtois la détruiront vers 1300. Elle sera reconstruite vers 1500 avec des murs épais renforcés de contreforts et couverte de pierres calcaires plates. La façade, que domine un petit clocheton en bois, est percée d'une porte en plein cintre. l'intérieur est voûté sur croisée d'ogives. Une nef carrée s'ouvre sur un chœur à pans coupés éclairé par trois fenêtres gothiques. La chapelle a été restaurée en 1977 puis en 1990 et l'auvent en 2007.

France: Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne, Église de la Plisse

nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van 't Veen) — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:18:44 +0000

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The oldest part of the church of Saint-Philbert de la Plisse date back to the 11th century, when William the Conqueror donated the church to the monks of the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen.

The church was rebuilt and enlarged in the following centuries, but remained under the patronage of the monks of Saint-Etienne. It was not until the mid-18th century that the abbey came into the possession of the municipalities of Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne and Les Îles Bardel.

The monastery church became a parish church in 1906. In 1943, the entire complex, consisting of the church, the cemetery and the surrounding area, was listed as a historic monument.