The origins of El Santuario de Chimayo date back to the early 1800's. A man named Bernardo Abeyta was confessing sins in the middle of the night and saw a strange light coming from the Santa Cruz ...

Thousands made the spiritual pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday.The dirt inside the church is said to have healing powers.During World War II, John Aquino’s mother made a ...

CHIMAYO, N.M. (AP) — More than 200 years ago, an illiterate, charismatic man placed the image of a dark-skinned Jesus Christ on the cross in a tiny chapel in Chimayo. Don Bernardo de Bitia, a ...

Organizers canceled the annual Good Friday walk to El Santuario de Chimayó the last two years because of the pandemic, but now things will be returning to normal.

El Santuario de Chimayó is considered to be one of the most significant Catholic pilgrimage sites in the Southwest, with thousands of pilgrims descending each spring for Holy Week.

CHIMAYO, N.M. (KRQE) – Crosses, rosary beads, images of religious figures, and photos of loved ones who have departed — those are some of the things people carried while visiting El Santuario ...

For decades, this small town and church in Northern New Mexico has been attracting hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. Check out El Santuario De Chimayo here. - Lowrider Magazine ...

CHIMAYO, N.M. (KRQE) – Thousands of people walked to El Santuario de Chimayó, as part of a long tradition of people making these pilgrimages on Good Friday. Some people along the route talked ...

The Rev. Hernando Cortes blesses pilgrims as they leave the church while thousands hike from Nambé to reach El Santuario de Chimayó during the annual pilgrimage. The reasons for making the trip ...

El Santuario de Chimayo still place of healing, hope A pilgrim scoops out some holy dirt from the Santuario de Chimayo on Thursday, March 24, 2016 in Chimayo, N.M.

El Santuario de Chimayo each year during Holy Week becomes the destination of pilgrimages by Roman Catholic faithful, some of whom walk for days to reach the bucolic valley in Northern New Mexico ...

CHIMAYO, N.M. — More than 200 years ago, an illiterate, charismatic man placed the image of a dark-skinned Jesus Christ on the cross in a tiny chapel in Chimayo.