A full-scale replica of the House of the Virgin Mary, one of Türkiye’s most significant Christian pilgrimage sites near the ancient city of Ephesus in the western province of İzmir, is attracting Catholic devotees in the Philippines, bringing the revered shrine closer to believers in Asia’s largest Catholic nation.

The House of the Virgin Mary is a shrine located in Ephesus (present-day Selçuk) in Türkiye's İzmir, where the mother of Jesus is believed to have...

A full-scale replica of the House of the Virgin Mary, one of Türkiye’s most significant Christian pilgrimage sites near the ancient city of Ephesus in the western province of…