♰ Basilica of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux ♰
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, pray for us 🙏
🎥 The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse of Lisieux in Lisieux, France 🇫🇷
France's second-most visited pilgrimage site after Lourdes, it attracts over two million visitors annually.
Designed in a neo-Byzantine and Art Deco style, the basilica was built between 1929 and 1954 by the Cordonnier architects. It features a massive Latin cross layout with a central dome rising 90 meters high, capable of seating 4,000 without internal columns. The interior is renowned for its extensive mosaics and stained-glass windows depicting the life of Saint Thérèse.
The Crypt: Located beneath the main altar, this mosaic-decorated chamber houses the relics of Saint Thérèse’s parents, Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, who were canonized in 2015.
The Tomb of Saint Thérèse is in a reliquary within the Carmel of Lisieux convent, adjacent to the basilica, not inside the basilica itself.
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♰ Feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux ♰
"God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized: so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint."
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, pray for us 🙏
🎥 1 October 2026 Procession of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, São João Del Rei, Mato Grosso, Brazil