{"id":2332,"date":"2024-11-07T13:21:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marija.si\/the-path-to-brezje\/my-pilgrimage-to-mary-help-of-christians\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:26:59","slug":"my-pilgrimage-to-mary-help-of-christians","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marija.si\/en\/the-path-to-brezje\/my-pilgrimage-to-mary-help-of-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"My pilgrimage to Mary Help of Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Brezje, My Sole Pilgrimage Site \u2013 Berta Golob shared her memories of a pilgrimage for the Brezje Almanac.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00bbI don\u2019t know when I first visited Brezje, but I\u2019m sure it was holding my father\u2019s hand. It must have been before World War II. In our household, it was a tradition to make a pilgrimage to Brezje once a year, preferably on foot. Sometimes, my father and I took the train. What an indescribable experience\u2014a train! From it, I could see our house in the distance. It wasn\u2019t entirely clear whether it was the house or the train that was moving. But soon enough, it disappeared from view. <\/p>\n

Oto\u010de. To me, a beautiful word. Only now do I realize it\u2019s because of the melody of the sounds. A particular point of interest was the bridge over the Sava River. You had to pay a toll to cross it; otherwise, you couldn\u2019t pass. In my opinion, this made the value of the pilgrimage even greater. <\/p>\n

Then came the Pera\u0161ki slope. But I thought it was called the Beggars’ slope, which seemed entirely fitting. Beggar after beggar, all the way to the doors of the church at Brezje. Tattered, patched, old, poor. Pleading. Some held a rosary in their hands. My father and I would give someone a crown, a small coin, maybe a dinar, and quicken our pace to escape the bitter feeling. <\/p>\n

I have a vivid memory of the Chapel of Mary Help of Christians, but only because of the crutches, the votive images, and the slightly soot-stained ceiling. Once, my father showed me a thanksgiving plaque from soldiers who survived the First World War. <\/p>\n

He was also there when it was placed in that spot. I remembered that well, and even now, looking at it always deeply moves me.\u00ab <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pilgrimage from Re\u010dica ob Savinji<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For many years, pilgrims from Re\u010dica ob Savinji have set out on foot to Brezje. They have been making this pilgrimage regularly since 1993, although they had done so even earlier. <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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