Describe a visit to a Christian place of pilgrimage, explaining its importance to believers.

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Describe a visit to a Christian place of pilgrimage, explaining its importance to believers.

Iona

Iona is a small island on the coast of Scotland.  It is only three miles squared, and is near the Island of Mull.  The island is a typically beautiful place, with white sand beaches, rare birds and the occasional seal if the season is right.

        A small village faces the island of mull, which consists of only one street of shops.

        Further past the village, towards the north stands the rebuilt stone abbey.  Inside the abbey you can find a tomb of the Duke of Argyll and the famous green altar for the island of Iona.  Surrounding the abbey are many buildings including a chapel, coffee shop, a pottery store and a youth centre.  There are also community buildings for the use by the whole island.  

In and around the abbey a small community exists, which runs local events and welcomes the thousands of visitors and pilgrims each year.  It is a Christian community, which plays music and runs worship sessions for the pilgrims and residents alike.  Most people in this community are quite young, and enjoy looking after guests and running the pottery store, coffee shop and craft shop.

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  There are a many things for the visitor to Iona to do. They could visit the Iron Age fort, which is on the hill, or the beautiful beaches and the hermits cell, and the cloisters, which are being reconstructed with flowers and birds from nearby landscape.

        The trip to Iona is quite a long one.  First the pilgrim must travel to Oban in the high West Coast of Scotland.  Then follows an hour-long ferry journey to the island of Mull.  Then an hour-long car journey across the island to another half an hour ferry ride to Iona, and that’s ...

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