The city of Fatima is considered a major religious and pilgrimage center in Portugal and Europe. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world come here every year to worship the Most Holy Theotokos. The entire complex of the Sanctuary of Fatima was built in the middle of the twentieth century. and is dedicated to the appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on May 13.1917. The first thing that catches the eye of a pilgrim or tourist is a colossal square where believers gather during grandiose religious festivities (Candlelight Procession and Farewell Procession).→