According to tradition, Our Lady, hidden for five centuries, appeared to a shepherd on 1 May 1222 in an oak and maintained a dialogue with him. The first chapel, at the request of the Virgin, is of that year because the image became one of the Church of St. Ignatius which had been deposited. This area King Alfonso of Castile the Cortes held with other monarchs to the Christian reconquest.
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Alcaraz is a town in La Mancha (Sierra de Alcaraz, Albacete), Spain. Comes from the Arabic "Al-Karaz" cherry. Alcaraz
was the focus of quality carpet from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. The Muslims had been the first to introduce carpets in Spain.
East of Alcaraz and south of the Sanctuary of Cortes had a fortification known as the Watchtower. The chronicles also called Carrizo castle, here was the King Alfonso of Castile to Sancho of Navarre and the kings of Aragon Pedro Cortes held a joint on the Christian reconquest.
From this place he went to battle early March until the second half of May for taking Alcaraz in 1213.
spent nine years
when the 1 May 1222 saw the apparition of Our Lady which had been hidden for five centuries, appeared to a shepherd named Francisco Alvarez Solanilla natural in the hollow of an oak. VIVA LA VIRGEN DE CORTES!, Gloria Alcaraz.
THE APPEARANCE
The appearance came on May 1, 1222.
The events are as follows:
1 - Pastor Francisco Alvarez is in the mountains of Cortes tending a herd of sheep.
2 - stirs up the cattle and run through the meadow.
3 - A bright light, like lightning passes over the oak and it glows out and clarity.
4 - All exhale fragrance and clear mountain splendor.
5 - On the oak you can hear a heavenly and angelic music and its chords and beats flying squads of angels sing. All this silences the birdsong.
6 - appears among the branches of the oak the image of Our Lady of Cortes from celestial lights.
7 - The image is taken to Alcaraz and left that night in the parish of San Ignacio. The next morning the image was gone.
recalled the words of the Virgin Francisco: "... it is my desire to edify me in this place a temple and house of prayer where my devotees offered me their votes and gifts, this place had a saint, in which God will work miracles and make great mercy with those who venerate and revere the image of me ...".
returned to the oak tree and found there the image the Lady surrounded by a bright and beautiful cloud.
The first chapel was opened on September 8, 1222.
DIALOGUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND FRANCISCO ALVAREZ
Virgin Mary - "Cobra efforts and gets rid of fear. I am the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redeemer of the World. Go to Alcaraz and mean as I have appeared on this oak, and it is my desire to edify me in this place a temple and house of prayer where my devotees offered me their votes and gifts, and this place had a saint, in which God will work miracles and make great mercy with those who revere and revere the image of me, having been hidden in the hollow of this oak from the general loss of Spain. "
Fco Alvarez - " Who am I to a commission so high? Do you send a poor shepherd your Majesty's ambassador is Sovereign? Do you not see that despise my vocals, it being false that you honor God with your servant? "
" I will, Madam But how believe me, if I am a humble, poor man, that none will ignore me all over town? "
Virgin Mary - " Doing that is plain to me. And to bring a true testimony, extending the arm you're lame since your birth, so it is well known to the inhabitants of Alcaraz, and see how you are healthy and free of injury. "
SANCTUARY
The Shrine of Our Lady of Cortes, Patroness of Alcaraz, is located on a hill six kilometers from the city. The shrine should be built on the principle eighteenth century, although its origins date back in 1222, ie nine years after the conquest carried out by Alfonso VIII. was erected on the spot where they met the Castilian Cortes, a fact of enormous significance both to Alcaraz to the people of his district.
The Sanctuary of the Virgen de Cortes is a place of pilgrimage for people from many surrounding villages, other neighboring provinces and other regions of Spain.
The image of the Virgin, but today is a piece of clothing, a piece of wood reveals late-Romanesque from the late twelfth or early next. In the temple can be see a varied collection of pieces of imagery.
THE CELEBRATIONS
Each year on April 30 was celebrated at Our Lady Mays, very famous around and that every year more people congregate, the next day, day 1 sung in the Sanctuary.
the 26th of August is another day to highlight is when they bring the people doing three races: one on the road, another on Main Street in the meeting of Christ crucified and the third within the church, and Staying at Alcaraz until September 8, when the early morning for the climb to the Sanctuary out almost all the people to dismiss her, or stand by.
During the night before the procession and throughout the day did not stop coming to Alcaraz to accompany pilgrims to Our Lady of Cortes on his return to the Sanctuary. Many are waiting in the chapel. Endless rows of believers wait patiently for their turn to place and light the traditional votive candles. It is the most important pilgrimage Castilla La Mancha and are even many devotees of Andalusia.
on 8 September is a special date in the festive calendar of Albacete, it is very important Marian pilgrimage place , that day is done more massive religious expression of the province and the Castilian-La Mancha region attended by devotees of the Sierra Albacete, La Mancha, Murcia and Andalusia. During the previous night and throughout the day does not stop coming to Alcaraz to accompany pilgrims to Our Lady of Cortes on his return to the Sanctuary.
Many thousands of people prefer to wait in the chapel. At dawn comes the image of the population, with difficulty walking a road crowded with worshipers. When it comes to the shrine, the crowd is huge (easily exceeds the number of eighty thousand pilgrims). Endless rows of believers wait patiently for their turn to deposit the donations offered and traditional lighting candles.
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