Aglona Basilica is the major Roman Catholic shrine in Latvia. Pilgrims from Latvia and beyond assemble each year to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15th.
More about Aglona and the pilgrimage can be found here.
Christianity was brought to Livonia by German crusaders in the 13th century, who forcibly converted the local population over subsequent centuries
According to data from the Central Statistics Office for 2021, among L...
